ArticleNature communications2018
Single-dose testosterone administration increases men's preference for status goods.
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- Intranasal oxytocin interacts with testosterone reactivity to modulate parochial altruism.Communications psychology · 2024Article
- Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2024Article
- Morphologic alterations of the fear circuitry: the role of sex hormones and oral contraceptives.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Andrology and humanities.Andrology · 2022Article
- Can Digit Ratio and Gender Identity Predict Preferences for Consumption Options With a Distinct Gender Image?Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- A Bayesian Modeling Approach to Examine the Role of Testosterone Administration on the Endowment Effect and Risk-Taking.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Populated Places and Conspicuous Consumption: High Population Density Cues Predict Consumers' Luxury-Linked Brand Attitudes.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Exogenous testosterone increases the audience effect in healthy males: evidence for the social status hypothesis.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
- Testosterone reduces the threat premium in competitive resource division.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Eating Disorders: An Evolutionary Psychoneuroimmunological Approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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- Testing the influence of testosterone administration on men's honesty in a large laboratory experiment.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
In modern human cultures where social hierarchies are ubiquitous, people typically signal their hierarchical position through consumption of positional goods-goods that convey one's social position, such as luxury products. Building on animal research and early correlational human studies linking the sex steroid hormone testosterone with hierarchical social interactions, we investigate the influence of testosterone on men's preferences for positional goods. Using a placebo-controlled experiment (N = 243) to measure individuals' desire for status brands and products, we find that administering testosterone increases men's preference for status brands, compared to brands of similar perceived quality but lower perceived status. Furthermore, testosterone increases positive attitudes toward positional goods when they are described as status-enhancing, but not when they are described as power-enhancing or high in quality. Our results provide novel causal evidence for the biological roots of men's preferences for status, bridging decades of animal behavioral studies with contemporary consumer research.
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