Relationship status and testosterone in North American heterosexual and non-heterosexual men and women: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data.
dc.contributor.author | van Anders, Sari M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Watson, Neil V. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-13T18:14:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-13T18:14:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol 31(6), Jul, 2006. pp. 715-723 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83924> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0306-4530 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83924 | |
dc.description.abstract | Previous research has found that single heterosexual (Het) men have higher salivary testosterone (T) concentrations than partnered Het men. Here, we used both longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses to examine a more diverse population (n=258) that included Het and non-heterosexual (Non-Het) women and men. Results showed that, for Het men (but not Het women) and Non-Het women (but not Non-Het men), baseline T was significantly lower in partnered than unpartnered individuals. Longitudinal analyses indicated that changes in partnered status were not associated with changes in testosterone concentrations; instead, women and men with lower T at baseline were significantly more likely to be partnered at follow-up. These findings thus suggest that partnered status is associated with stable, trait-level T values, rather than current state. Furthermore, the observed effect is limited to individuals (male or female) who are oriented toward female partners. The results are discussed in terms of evolutionary trade-offs between single and multiple partners, and the possibility of female choice and/or disinterest. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | S.M. van Anders was supported by an NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship, a UNESCO-NSERC-L'Oreal Supplement, and a C.D. Nelson Scholarship from SFU. This research was supported by Discovery Grant 0194522 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to N.V. Watson. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Netherlands: Elsevier Science | en_US |
dc.subject | Relationship Status | en_US |
dc.subject | Testosterone | en_US |
dc.subject | Heterosexual Men & Women | en_US |
dc.subject | Non-heterosexual Men & Women | en_US |
dc.title | Relationship status and testosterone in North American heterosexual and non-heterosexual men and women: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data. | 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/2027.42/83924/1/Relationship_status_and_testosterone_in_North_American_heterosexual_and_non-heterosexual_men_and_women_corss-sectional_and_longitudinal_data.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.01.008 | |
dc.identifier.source | Psychoneuroendocrinology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Psychology, Department of |
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