Testosterone levels in women and men who are single, in long-distance relationships, or some-city relationships.
dc.contributor.author | van Anders, Sari M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Watson, Neil V. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-13T15:29:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-13T15:29:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | van Anders, Sari M.; Watson, Neil V. (2007). Hormones and Behavior, Vol 51(2), 2007, 286-291 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83915> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0018-506X | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83915 | |
dc.description.abstract | Research points to an association between testosterone (T) and partnering in some women and men, and this association has been interpreted as an effect of either relationship status (i.e. differences in relationship status lead to differences in T) or relationship orientation (i.e. T is associated with the likelihood of entering relationships). To address whether physical partner presence was associated with decreased T, we examined T levels in people (72 women; 49 men) who were single, in long-distance relationships, or in same-city relationships. No participants were using exogenous hormones, including hormonal contraceptives. Participants provided a saliva sample and responded to questions about their relationship status. Single men had higher T than long-distance and same-city partnered men, which supports the relationship orientation interpretation. In contrast, same-city partnered women had lower T than single women and women in long-distance relationships, which supports the relationship status interpretation. We conclude that physical partner presence is not necessary to see an association between partnering and hormones in men (since same-city and long-distance partnered men had similar T levels), but may be necessary in women (since same-city partnered women had lower T than long-distance partnered women) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by Discovery Grant 0194522 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to N.V. Watson. S.M. van Anders was supported by a War Memorial Scholarship from IODE Canada. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Netherlands: Elsevier Science. | en_US |
dc.subject | Testosterone Levels | en_US |
dc.subject | Long Distance Relationships | en_US |
dc.subject | Same City Relationships | en_US |
dc.subject | Men | en_US |
dc.subject | Women | en_US |
dc.title | Testosterone levels in women and men who are single, in long-distance relationships, or some-city relationships. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Psychology, Department of | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/83915/1/testosterone_levels_in_women_and_men_who_are_single_in_long-distance_relationships_or_same-city_relationships.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.11.005 | |
dc.identifier.source | Hormones and Behavior | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Psychology, Department of |
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