Human reproductive behavior, life history, and the challenge hypothesis: a 30-year review, retrospective and future directions

PB Gray, AA Straftis, BM Bird, TS McHale… - Hormones and Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Challenge Hypothesis (Wingfield et al., 1990) originally focused on adult male
avian testosterone elevated in response to same-sex competition in reproductive contexts …

Coalitional physical competition: acute salivary steroid hormone responses among juvenile male soccer players in Hong Kong

TS McHale, W Chee, K Chan, DT Zava, PB Gray - Human Nature, 2018 - Springer
A large body of research links testosterone and cortisol to male-male competition. Yet, little
work has explored acute steroid hormone responses to coalitional, physical competition …

Salivary steroid hormone responses to dyadic table tennis competitions among Hong Kongese juvenile boys

TS McHale, PB Gray, K Chan, DT Zava… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Little is known about salivary steroid hormone responses to dyadic competition
among prepubescent boys. The current study explored pre‐match and post‐match …

Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and related factors in adolescent during a tennis tournament

I Ucuz, C Ucar, H Gurer, S Yildiz - 2020 - annalsmedres.org
Aim: Adolescence is an important period of development and during this period young
people are more susceptible to mental illnesses. Therefore, a comprehensive knowledge of …

Juvenile Children's Salivary Aldosterone and Cortisone Decrease during Informal Math and Table-Tennis Competitions

TS McHale, PB Gray, CR Hodges-Simeon… - … Human Behavior and …, 2020 - Springer
Objective Among adults, aldosterone and cortisone increases are reported in response to
physically taxing forms of competition, enabling individuals to rapidly adapt to variable …