Research reports a positive relationship between parental rejection and antisocial behavior in adolescents and young adults. Studies also report a positive association between testosterone and antisocial behavior. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether testosterone moderates the influence of parental rejection on antisocial behavior in a sample of young adults.,The current study analyzed a sample of undergraduate students (N=322) to examine the interaction between testosterone and parental rejection in the prediction of antisocial behavior. Multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) regression was used to explore this association.,Results from OLS regression models revealed that parental rejection and testosterone were independently associated with antisocial behavior and that the effect of parental rejection on antisocial behavior was stronger at higher levels of testosterone.,This current study is the first to examine how testosterone conditions the influence of parental rejection on antisocial behavior in young adults. Findings from the study add to the growing body of literature examining the interplay between biological and environmental factors.

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父母排斥和反社会行为：睾丸激素的调节作用

研究报告指出，青少年和年轻人的父母排斥与反社会行为之间存在正相关。研究还报告了睾丸激素和反社会行为之间存在正相关。本文旨在探讨睾丸激素是否能缓解年轻人拒绝父母行为对反社会行为的影响。本研究分析了一个大学生样本（N = 322），以探讨睾丸激素与父母拒绝行为之间的相互作用。在预测反社会行为方面。使用多元普通最小二乘（OLS）回归来探讨这种关联。OLS回归模型的结果表明，父母排斥和睾丸激素与反社会行为独立相关，并且在较高的睾丸激素水平下，父母排斥对反社会行为的影响更强。父母对年轻人反社会行为的排斥。这项研究的发现增加了越来越多的研究生物学和环境因素之间相互作用的文献。