Self-reported dominance in women: Associations with hormonal contraceptive use, relationship status, and testosterone

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dc.contributor.authorCobey, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorNicholls, Mike
dc.contributor.authorLeongómez, Juan David
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Craig
dc.contributor.orcidLeongómez, Juan David [0000-0002-0092-6298]
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-13T21:00:07Z
dc.date.available2020-05-13T21:00:07Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractenglishHow to achieve dominance in a group is a recurrent challenge for individuals of many species, including humans. Previous research indicates that both relationship status and contraceptive use appear to moderate women’s testosterone levels. If testosterone contributes to dominance, this raises the possibility for group differences in dominance between single and partnered women, and between users and non-users of hormonal contraception. Here, we examine associations between relationship status and use/non-use of hormonal contraception and women’s self-reported social dominance. In a sample of 84 women, we replicate previous research documenting a significant positive correlation between women’s saliva testosterone levels and their self-reported dominance. Consistent with other literature, we also find that women using hormonal contraception have significantly lower testosterone than those who are regularly cycling and that partnered women have significantly lower testosterone than single women. Although we do not find a main effect of either relationship status or hormonal contraceptive use status on women’s reported levels of dominance, the interaction between these variables predicted reported dominance scores. This interaction remained significant when participant age and testosterone values were added to the model as covariates. We discuss these results in the context of the existing literature on testosterone and women’s dominance behaviour and with respect to the evolutionary benefits of social dominance in women.eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-015-0022-8
dc.identifier.issn2198-7335
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/2723
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing AGspa
dc.publisher.journalAdaptive Human Behavior and Physiologyspa
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAdaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 2198-7335, Vol. 1, Nro. 4, 2015, p. 449–459spa
dc.relation.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40750-015-0022-8
dc.rights.creativecommons2015
dc.rights.localAcceso cerradospa
dc.subject.decsAnticonceptivos Hormonales Poscoitospa
dc.subject.decsTestosteronaspa
dc.subject.decsAnticoncepción Femeninaspa
dc.subject.keywordsTestosteronespa
dc.subject.keywordsHormonal contraceptionspa
dc.subject.keywordsRelationship statusspa
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-reported Dominancespa
dc.titleSelf-reported dominance in women: Associations with hormonal contraceptive use, relationship status, and testosteronespa
dc.typearticlespa
dc.type.hasversioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.localartículospa

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