Study: High Testosterone Makes Men More Honest

[Daz69]

AAS taking bodybuilders often get a bad rap. Steroids are blamed for all kinds of negative psychological effects, from notorious 'roid rage' pleas in legal cases and increased aggression, to reduced empathy.

So it's nice to read something that says otherwise. This study from a few years ago points to some prosocial benefits of higher testosterone levels in men, especially in terms of honesty.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23071635

The assumption the researchers made is that high testosterone is linked to pride and status, and proud people are less likely to lie. 

However others have argued that high testosterone, in mimicking the 'alpha male' condition, makes men less psychologically insecure, more relaxed, and less worried about the opinions of others or requiring their validation - basically the opposite of the Napoleon syndrome. Hence a tendency towards honesty even when a lie could improve outcomes.

Ergolog has a decent summary of the article  with some graphs.

http://www.ergo-log.com/testosterone-makes-men-more-honest.html

[PETN]

Lots of people who take test and/or similar compounds  lie about it so cant be that true lol

[kiwicannon]

Dont know about being more Honest?, but Horny YES!

[Pseudonym]

That's really interesting.

 

 

 

 

Or am I lying? 

[Polo]

2 hours ago, Pseudonym said:

That's really interesting.

 

 

 

 

Or am I lying? 

 

 

I don't think you could be dishonest pseudo and your natty.

 

 

[woody]

dont know if i'd call it being honest,but while my test is high i dont lie as much simply because i take on a 'i dont give a shit what people think"kind of attitude.so dont need to lie.

[MiltonFriedman01]

I reckon their is some truth to this, although it is probably more of a "compound variable" (sorry i couldn't help but google the PC term for it). 

 

During my first cycle of Test E I ended up telling my boss at the time I was using gear, it just came out during a conversation. At first he looked shocked, then laughed and was like "well don't bankrupt the fuckin company if you need to see the company GP". The funny thing is I ended up seeing the company GP and he was the best GP I have ever seen, prescribed an AI, Dostinex (just in case), and had bloods done on a regular basis for me at no cost. 

 

I also recall reading some research in the american endocrine association showing a link between testosterone usage/blood levels and impulsive behaviour which may be a better explanation.