Relationship between Violence and Catecholamines
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 45 (3), 702
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1977.45.3.702
Abstract
Blood and urine studies on mixed offenders and violent offenders assessed the psychophysiological effects of a mild stressor program. Increased noradrenalin (norepinephrine) and decreased adrenalin (epinephrine) were related to anger-response tendencies.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Catecholamine excretion, conscience function and aggressive behaviourBiological Psychology, 1975
- Behavior and circulating catecholaminesBrain Research, 1971
- The Physiological Differentiation between Fear and Anger in HumansPsychosomatic Medicine, 1953