Relação entre testosterona, cortisol e comportamento agressivo em humanos

Uma revisão sistemática

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2022.1.37133

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PRISMA, hormônios, agressividade, eixo HPA, eixo HPG

Resumo

Agressividade é um comportamento evolutivo, tendo um papel na sobrevivência ao aumentar o acesso à comida, abrigo, status social e reprodução. A testosterona e o cortisol são hormônios frequentemente associados a comportamentos agressivos. Este estudo reúne e organiza dados dos últimos cinco anos sobre a relação entre testosterona, cortisol e agressividade, avaliando também os métodos utilizados pelos artigos. Uma revisão sistemática foi conduzida segundo as diretrizes do PRISMA. Uma pesquisa eletrônica de artigos foi realizada em janeiro de 2019, usando as palavras-chave agress* AND Testosterone AND Cortisol em três bancos de dados: Web of Science, SCOPUS e PsycInfo. O papel desses hormônios no comportamento agressivo não é unânime, porém a maioria dos artigos incluídos encontrou um aumento na testosterona ou uma diminuição no cortisol, associados a esse comportamento. Há a necessidade de padronizar os métodos de induzir e de avaliar agressividade, levando em conta a desejabilidade social e seus impactos.

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Marina Pante, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Doutora em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; mestre em Cognição Humana pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Professora do Instituto de Psicologia na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), no Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. 

Andreo Rysdik, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Mestre em Neurociências pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) em Porto Alegre, RS Brasil. Residente Multiprofissional em Saúde do Adulto e Idoso pela Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), em Canoas, RS, Brasil. 

Júlia Schneider Krimberg, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Graduada em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Mestranda em Ciências Biológicas: Neurociências pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Rosa Maria Martins de Almeida, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Doutora em Ciências Biológicas: Fisiologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; pós-doutorado em Psicologia Experimental e Psicofarmacologia (Tufts University, USA). Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFRGS; Laboratório de Psicologia Experimental, Neurociências e Comportamento.

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Pante, M., Rysdik, A., Krimberg, J. S., & Almeida, R. M. M. de. (2022). Relação entre testosterona, cortisol e comportamento agressivo em humanos: Uma revisão sistemática. Psico, 53(1), e37133. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2022.1.37133

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