Short-Term Responsive Mating Intentions Increase with Estradiol and Testosterone across the Menstrual Cycle: Scale Development and an Observational Study
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identifier citation: Sexes 5 (4): 475-497 (2024)
creator: Zugic, Kaitlyn E.
creator: Teatero, Missy L.
creator: Phillips, Maggie
creator: Oinonen, Kirsten A.
issued: 2025-01-02T18:51:22Z
issued: 2024-10-08
description: The extent to which estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone influence mating behavior across the menstrual cycle is unclear. The Proactive and Responsive Mating Strategies Scales (PARMSS) were developed to separately examine two specific components of sexuality and were used here to test divergent hormonal associations. Preliminary psychometric data (N = 364 females) suggest that both scales consist of one factor and demonstrate strong psychometric properties (internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and construct and convergent validity). The PARMSS were used in a repeated-measures observational study to examine the relationships between changes in endogenous hormone levels and both proactive and responsive mating intentions with potential new short-term or long-term partners in healthy pre-menopausal participants (N = 38). At two points in their cycle, participants provided salivary hormone samples in the laboratory and reported the likelihood of engaging in proactive and responsive behaviors with men in photos and vignettes. Participants reported greater responsive than proactive intentions. Increases in estradiol and testosterone across the cycle were associated with increases in short-term mating intentions, particularly responsivity to potential short-term relationship partners. No associations were found for intentions that were proactive or that involved potential long-term partners or for progesterone. Changes in the three hormones explained changes in short-term responsive mating intentions (22% of the variance). The results suggest (a) cyclical changes in estradiol and testosterone are differentially associated with changes in responsive vs. proactive mating intentions and (b) context-dependent changes (i.e., short-term vs. long-term mating intentions and possibly relationship status). The findings require replication with larger and diverse samples.
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note: Citation: Zugic, K.E.; Teatero, M.L.;Phillips, M.; Oinonen, K.A.Short-Term Responsive MatingIntentions Increase with Estradiol andTestosterone across the MenstrualCycle: Scale Development and anObservational Study. Sexes 2024, 5,475–497. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes5040034Academic Editor: Charikleia StefanakiReceived: 28 June 2024Revised: 2 October 2024Accepted: 4 October 2024Published: 8 October 2024Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.This article is an open access articledistributed under the terms andconditions of the Creative CommonsAttribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).ArticleShort-Term Responsive Mating Intentions Increase withEstradiol and Testosterone across the Menstrual Cycle: ScaleDevelopment and an Observational StudyKaitlyn E. Zugic 1,2,†, Missy L. Teatero 1,†, Maggie Phillips 1,† and Kirsten A. Oinonen 1,*,†1 Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada2 Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada* Correspondence: koinonen@lakeheadu.ca† These authors contributed equally to this work.Abstract: The extent to which estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone influence mating behav-ior across the menstrual cycle is unclear. The Proactive and Responsive Mating Strategies Scales(PARMSS) were developed to separately examine two specific components of sexuality and wereused here to test divergent hormonal associations. Preliminary psychometric data (N = 364 females)suggest that both scales consist of one factor and demonstrate strong psychometric properties (in-ternal consistency, test–retest reliability, and construct and convergent validity). The PARMSS wereused in a repeated-measures observational study to examine the relationships between changes inendogenous hormone levels and both proactive and responsive mating intentions with potential newshort-term or long-term partners in healthy pre-menopausal parti…
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language: eng
peer review status: Reviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
publisher DOI: 10.3390/sexes5040034
rights: CC BY 4.0
rights URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
scholar level: Faculty
subject: hormones
subject: estradiol
subject: testosterone
subject: mating strategies
subject: sexual behavior
subject: sexual intentions
subject: menstrual cycle
subject: scale development
subject: flirting
subject: courtship
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/90007