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... A study of 101 college volunteers has suggested that testosterone titer is positively associated with the number of orgasms achieved through masturbation IMonti et al., 1977) but that there is little relationship among the hormonal change, the BussDurkee Hostility Inventory, and a rating for "attributed aggression." Frodi jl977~, in a study on 80 college freshmen, found that sexual arousal inhibited aggressive behavior mediated by deliberate angering possibly as a consequence of an elevation of "anger induced self-consciousness." ADRENOMEDULLARY FUNCTION AND HUMAN AGGRESSION In line with the studies on boys by Magnusson {1987, 19881, Woodman {1983~ has reviewed the predictive power {in terms of assessing dangerousness)
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