Are occupational interests hormonally influenced? : The 2D:4D-interest nexus

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Personality and Individual Differences ; 51 (2011), 4. - pp. 376-380. - ISSN 0191-8869
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Occupational interests constitute a psychological variable with pronounced sex differences. Whereas males are more interested in things, females primarily take an interest in people. As various studies with mammals and humans documented the role of androgen exposure on sex-typical behavior, we assumed that androgen levels are associated with occupational interests. In our study, we used 2D:4D digit ratio as an indicator of prenatal androgen levels and finger lengths as an indicator of post-pubertal androgen levels. Occupational interests were measured with a standard interest inventory. We hypothesized that finger lengths and ratios indicating high androgen levels are associated with stronger interests in things and weaker interests in people. All measures were gathered using an online interest inventory thereby leading to sufficient statistical power (N = 8646). Results partly confirmed our hypotheses. We found significant correlations between finger lengths and interests in things for males. Moreover, in the case of males we identified significant correlations between finger lengths (positive) as well as digit ratios (negative) with realistic interests and significant correlations between finger lengths (negative) and social interests, which are a marker variable of the people-things dimension.
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2D:4D,Occupational interests,Hormonal influences,Testosterone,Occupational segregation
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ISO 690HELL, Benedikt, Katja PÄSSLER, 2011. Are occupational interests hormonally influenced? : The 2D:4D-interest nexus. In: Personality and Individual Differences. 51(4), pp. 376-380. ISSN 0191-8869. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.033
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@article{Hell2011occup-17803,
  year={2011},
  doi={10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.033},
  title={Are occupational interests hormonally influenced? : The 2D:4D-interest nexus},
  number={4},
  volume={51},
  issn={0191-8869},
  journal={Personality and Individual Differences},
  pages={376--380},
  author={Hell, Benedikt and Päßler, Katja}
}
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