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These are just a few out of all the hundreds/thousands of studies on Testosterone and social anxiety. Just google "Testosterone social anxiety"
Testosterone abolishes implicit subordination in social anxiety - PubMed
Neuro-evolutionary theories describe social anxiety as habitual subordinate tendencies acquired through a recursive cycle of social defeat and submissive reactions. If so, the steroid hormone testosterone might be of therapeutic value, as testosterone is a main force behind implicit dominance...
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We combined these two theories to investigate whether the tendency to submit to the dominance of others is an implicit mechanism in social anxiety (Study-1), and whether this can be relieved through testosterone administration (Study-2). Using interactive eye-tracking we demonstrate that socially anxious humans more rapidly avert gaze from subliminal angry eye contact (Study-1). We replicate this effect of implicit subordination in social anxiety in an independent sample, which is subsequently completely abolished after a single placebo-controlled sublingual testosterone administration (Study-2). These findings provide crucial evidence for hormonal and behavioral treatment strategies that specifically target mechanisms of dominance and subordination in social anxiety.
Endogenous testosterone levels are predictive of symptom reduction with exposure therapy in social anxiety disorder - PubMed
The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Gonadal (HPG)-axis, and testosterone in particular, play an important role in social motivational behavior. Socially avoidant behavior, characteristic of social anxiety disorder (SAD), has been linked to low endogenous testosterone levels, and can be alleviated by...
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. Socially avoidant behavior, characteristic of social anxiety disorder (SAD), has been linked to low endogenous testosterone levels, and can be alleviated by testosterone administration in SAD
Testosterone. Just as too little testosterone may increase social anxiety, increased testosterone may help to reduce it. 1 Administration of testosterone, a steroid hormone, has been shown to reduce socially fearful, avoidant, and submissive behaviour
The Effect of Hormones on Your Social Anxiety
Hormones such as testosterone and estrogen may play a role in social anxiety. Learn more about how hormones are involved and steps to help lower your anxiety.
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