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18 - Social Neuroendocrinology

from Part III - Deep Dives on Methods and Tools for Testing Your Question of Interest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2024

By
Wendy Berry Mendes
Edited by
Harry T. Reis ,
Tessa West  and
Charles M. Judd
Harry T. Reis
Affiliation:
University of Rochester, New York
Tessa West
Affiliation:
New York University
Charles M. Judd
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
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Summary

This chapter reviews methods to integrate hormones into theory and research in social and personality psychology. The advantages of hormones include identifying possible mechanisms that link the social environment to better physical and mental health; disadvantages include difficult psychological inference and multiple sources of variability. Three biological systems are reviewed, including the hypothalamic–pituitary axis, the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis, and neuropeptides, and six hormones are examined in depth. Following this review is a summary of the psychological and affective states most commonly linked to these hormones. The chapter then explores best measurement practices, important covariates, and temporal factors, including basal states, diurnal fluctuations, and reactivity, followed by how to measure, analyze, and interpret hormone data. It concludes with topics from social and personality psychology that profitably leverage hormonal data to advance theoretical and empirical research, including intergroup interactions, power and status, values, and emotions and affect.

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hormonessocial psychology researchhypothalamic–pituitary axishypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axisneuropeptideshormone assaysallostatic loadcortisol awakening response
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Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology , pp. 427 - 452
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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