General sexual desire, but not desire for uncommitted sexual relationships, tracks changes in women’s hormonal status
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General sexual desire, but not desire for uncommitted sexual relationships, tracks changes in women's hormonal status.
Several recent longitudinal studies have investigated the hormonal correlates of both young adult women's general sexual desire and, more specifically, their desire for uncommitted sexual relationships. Findings across these studies have been mixed, potentially because each study tested only small samples of women (Ns = 43, 33, and 14). Here we report results from a much larger (N = 375) longit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychoneuroendocrinology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0306-4530
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.12.015