Thyroid hormone correlates of sensation seeking and anxiety in healthy human females

Ferran Balada; Rafael Torrubia; Josep Maria Arqué

doi:10.1159/000118839

Thyroid hormone correlates of sensation seeking and anxiety in healthy human females

Ferran Balada, Rafael Torrubia, Josep Maria Arqué

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Abstract

The present study explores the relationships among a number of personality measures (the Sensation-Seeking Scale. SSS: the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Susceptibility to Punishment Scale) and some parameters of the pituitary-thyroid axis. The study was carried out on a group of 37 physically and mentally fit female volunteers, none of whom had a personal history of psychiatric or endocrinologic illness. The subjects were controlled for the menstrual cycle. The most relevant result was a significant negative relationship between the SSS score and plasma basal levels of thyroxine (T<inf>4</inf>and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Interaction between T<inf>4</inf>and TSH levels with trait anxietv was also observed. © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	208-213
Journal	Neuropsychobiology
Volume	25
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000118839
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1992

Keywords

Sensation seeking scale
State-trait anxiety inventory
Susceptibility to punishment scale
Thyroid-stimulating hormone
Thyroxine

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