TY - JOUR
T1 - Digit ratio (2D:4D) and sex-role orientation
T2 - Further evidence and meta-analysis
AU - Voracek, Martin
AU - Pietschnig, Jakob
AU - Nader, Ingo W.
AU - Stieger, Stefan
PY - 2011/9/1
Y1 - 2011/9/1
N2 - Three new studies (N=132, 623, 1112) did not yield hypothesized associations between digit ratio (2D:4D), an assumed negative correlate of prenatal testosterone, and psychometrically measured sex-role orientation (positive association with femininity, negative ones with masculinity and masculinity-femininity difference scores) among heterosexuals of either sex. Meta-analysis of the pertinent literature (N=6311, 28 studies from 10 countries, 46% unpublished) showed only men's (but not women's) left-hand (but not right-hand) 2D:4D reliably related as expected (positively) to femininity. This effect was tiny (0.14% attributable variance) and possibly non-robust (crucially dependent on one large study included). Hence, the cumulative evidence does not support systematic, robust, noteworthy within-sex correlations between 2D:4D and the masculinity/femininity personality dimensions.
AB - Three new studies (N=132, 623, 1112) did not yield hypothesized associations between digit ratio (2D:4D), an assumed negative correlate of prenatal testosterone, and psychometrically measured sex-role orientation (positive association with femininity, negative ones with masculinity and masculinity-femininity difference scores) among heterosexuals of either sex. Meta-analysis of the pertinent literature (N=6311, 28 studies from 10 countries, 46% unpublished) showed only men's (but not women's) left-hand (but not right-hand) 2D:4D reliably related as expected (positively) to femininity. This effect was tiny (0.14% attributable variance) and possibly non-robust (crucially dependent on one large study included). Hence, the cumulative evidence does not support systematic, robust, noteworthy within-sex correlations between 2D:4D and the masculinity/femininity personality dimensions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79959361046&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.009
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 51
SP - 417
EP - 422
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 4
ER -