Elevated testosterone and prosocial behavior in female patients with borderline personality disorder independent of social exclusion
We replicated previous findings of elevated testosterone in female patients with BPD and showed that it is not affected by experimentally induced social exclusion. Regardless of social exclusion, patients with BPD showed more prosocial behavior, which may reflect a status-seeking strategy to secure their social standing.
Authors
- Christian Otte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4051-997X)
- Oliver T. Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9320-2124)
- Katja Wingenfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7457-0370)
- Eugenia Kulakova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7206-4802)
- Stefan Roepke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3165-8684)
- An Bin Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-9235)
- Julian Hellmann‐Regen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0411-9204)
- Livia Graumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-3295)
- Christian Eric Deuter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6880-5946)
- Jill Schell
Institutions
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Published
- 2024-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107232
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.20
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft