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SENSATION SEEKING AND ANTHROPOMETRY OF SUCCESSFUL FEMALE WRESTLERS

Prosikova Ekaterina, Butovskaya Marina, Veselovskaya Elizaveta

Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Prosikova Ekaterina, e-mail: anirey@rambler.ru.

Abstract

In this study a hypothesis was tested about increased level of masculinity in successful female wrestlers. We were looking for significant behavioral and morphological differences between female wrestlers of high achievements compared to the control group of females from the same population. This study is conducted in line with our main project of general evolutionary processes in different test samples from modern populations (Butovskaya et al., 2009, 2010, 2011; Prosikova et al., 2013). The goal of this research was to compare female wrestlers (100 individuals) with a control group (200 individuals) on risk-taking, and to analyze the association between risk-taking and morphological parameters. Zuckerman sensation seeking scale was applied (Zuckerman, 2007). It was found that successful female wrestles scored significantly lower on all four sensation seeking subscales. These differences were in the same direction as those earlier revealed for male wrestlers. At the same time, female wrestlers were more masculine by their face proportions, body circumferences, as well as 2D:4D ratios on both hands. Supported by RFBR, grant N. 13-06-00393.

Keywords

female wrestlers, risk-taking, masculinity, 2D:4D ratio, face proportions

Цит.: Prosikova Ekaterina, Butovskaya Marina, Veselovskaya Elizaveta SENSATION SEEKING AND ANTHROPOMETRY OF SUCCESSFUL FEMALE WRESTLERS // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 3/2014; с. 40-40