Are Adolescents the Victims of Raging Hormones: Evidence for Activational Effects of Hormones on Moods and Behavior at Adolescence

The literatures on hormone changes at adolescence, hormonal influences on moods and behavior in nonhuman animals and adult humans, and mood and behavioral changes at adolescence and the small but burgeoning literature on hormonal influences at adolescence are examined. The focus is on moods and beha...

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Published in:Psychological bulletin 1992-01, Vol.111 (1), p.62-107
Main Authors: Miller Buchanan, Christy, Eccles, Jacquelynne S, Becker, Jill B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Adolescents
Affect - physiology
Animals
Arousal - physiology
Behavior
Behavioral psychophysiology
Behaviour
Biological and medical sciences
Children & youth
Emotional States
Emotions
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gonadal Steroid Hormones - physiology
Hormones
Hormones and behavior
Human
Humans
Individual behaviour
Literature Review
Male
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Role
Sexual Maturation - physiology
Social Behavior
Social research
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Summary:The literatures on hormone changes at adolescence, hormonal influences on moods and behavior in nonhuman animals and adult humans, and mood and behavioral changes at adolescence and the small but burgeoning literature on hormonal influences at adolescence are examined. The focus is on moods and behaviors often identified as typically adolescent (e.g., mood lability, mood intensity, irritability, conflict with parents) and the primary hormones of puberty (i.e., the adrenal androgens, gonadotropins, and sex steroids). Through an integration of these literatures evidence is assessed for specific hormone-mood and hormone-behavior associations, as well as for more general types of hormone-outcome relations that transcend specific hormones or outcomes. Nonbiological factors that appear to be important in moderating the role of hormones in adolescent moods and behavior are identified. Implications for the design of future studies in this area are detailed.
ISSN:0033-2909
1939-1455
DOI:10.1037/0033-2909.111.1.62