Testosterone level and aggression among students of medical universities

The profession of a doctor and the educative process in the university require, on the one hand, leadership qualities, based on aggressiveness, and, on the other hand, such qualities as understanding, patience and sympathy for the future patients. The aim of the paper is to reveal the degree of aggressiveness in medical students with different testosterone levels. Materials and Methods. The students of Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko were the trial subjects for the experiment. Their psychological testing was carried out using the Bassa-Darkey questionnaire to diagnose aggressive and hostile reactions. The methodolody suggested by U.P. Ilyin and P.A. Kovaleva “Personal aggressiveness and conflict" was also used. The testosterone level in the oral fluid was determined by a competitive solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The results were taken spectrophotometrically. Results. The average group indicators of the psychological aspects under consideration, which characterized the aggressive behavior of the subjects, were of the average values; only negative aggressiveness was reduced...