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Digit Ratio 2D:4D, facial masculinization and aggressiveness in Spanish adolescentes

Publicated to:Estudios de Psicologia. 35 (2): 319-340 - 2014-01-01 35(2), DOI: 10.1080/02109395.2014.922259

Authors: Muñoz Reyes, José Antonio; Gil Burmann, Carlos

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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universidad de Playa Ancha - Author

Abstract

© 2014 Fundacion Infancia y Aprendizaje. This study aims to test whether two morphometric characteristics, the second to fourth finger length ratio (2D:4D index) and the facial width-toheight ratio (FWH index), which reflects the degree of facial masculinization, are related to aggression in adolescents of both sexes. Previous studies have proposed that the 2D:4D index (a trait related to prenatal testosterone) and the FWH (related to testosterone during puberty) are related to aggressiveness in adult males (although there is evidence to the contrary). In the present study we investigate the relationship of both traits with different measures of aggression in a mixed population of 296 adolescents (14-19 years old). We did not find relationships between 2D:4D and FWH with aggressiveness. Furthermore, our results suggest that the FWH index must be used only after controlling for body mass index.

Keywords

Adolescent attitudesAggressivenessTestosterone

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Estudios de Psicologia due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Dialnet (Dialnet Métricas). In the year of publication of the work, 2014, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil).

Notably, the journal is positioned in the Quartile Q4 for the agency WoS (JCR), in the category Psychology, Multidisciplinary, in the Quartile Q3 for the agency Scopus (SJR), in the category Psychology (Miscellaneous), classified as B in other national agencies such as CIRC, classified as C by the agency AGUAR.

Desde una perspectiva relativa, los impactos normalizados en entornos vinculados a las áreas de humanidades y ciencias sociales dentro del contexto nacional, este trabajo consigue un valor de citación normalizada, calculado a partir de los datos proporcionados por Dialnet Métricas, de: 2.86, lo que indica que, de manera comparada con trabajos en la misma disciplina y en el mismo año de publicación, lo ubica como trabajo citado por encima de la media al menos en el contexto nacional. (source consulted: Dialnet Metrics Dec 2023)

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-29:

  • Dialnet Métricas: 1
  • Google Scholar: 9
  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 5

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-29:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 7.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 24 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Chile.