Efectos organizacionales y activacionales de la testosterona sobre la asunción de riesgos en conductas económicas: una revisión sistemática

• Autores: David Siurana, Raúl Espert Tortajada, Marien Gadea Doménech
• Localización: Suma Psicológica, ISSN-e 0121-4381, Vol. 24, Nº. 2, 2017, págs. 142-152
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sumpsi.2017.06.003
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Organizational and activational effects of testosterone on risk-taking in economical behavior: A systematic review
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  • español

    El objetivo de esta revisión sistemática es evaluar la influencia de la testosterona circulante (efectos activacionales) y de la exposición prenatal a ella (efectos organizacionales) sobre la asunción de riesgos en conductas económicas, evaluando los trabajos de investigación existentes hasta la fecha acerca de la temática. La base bibliográfica analizada se obtuvo de distintas bases de datos especializadas en el ámbito de la psicología y las neurociencias. Los resultados obtenidos concluyen en una relación contrastada entre la testosterona circulante y la asunción de riesgo financiero. En lo referente a la exposición prenatal se evidencia un estado inmaduro de la investigación sobre la temática, ya que los pocos artículos disponibles difieren en gran medida en cuanto a metodologías y resultados. Se espera que este trabajo sirva como visión general del estado actual de la cuestión tratada, con vistas a unificar las metodologías y tratar de mejorar la calidad de las futuras investigaciones.

  • English

    This systematic review undertook to evaluate the influence of circulating testosterone (activational effects) and the pre-natal exposure to this (organisational effects) as regards risk-taking decisions in financial behaviour. An evaluation was also made on the research work to date on this subject. The bibliographic database analysed was obtained from different databases specialised in the field of psychology and neuroscience. The results obtained show a relationship between circulating testosterone and financial risk-taking. As regards prenatal exposure, research on this topic is still in its infancy, since the few articles found widely differ in methodologies and results. It is hoped that this study will serve as an overview of the current state of the topic, in order to unify the methodologies and to try to improve the quality of future research.

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