Julia Stern
Are sexual desire and sociosexual orientation related to men’s salivary steroid hormones?
Stern, Julia; Karastoyanova, Konstantina; Kandrik, Michal; Torrance, Jaimie; Hahn, Amanda C.; Holzleitner, Iris; DeBruine, Lisa M.; Jones, Benedict C.
Authors
Konstantina Karastoyanova
Michal Kandrik
Jaimie Torrance
Amanda C. Hahn
Dr. Iris Holzleitner Iris.Holzleitner@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Lisa M. DeBruine
Benedict C. Jones
Abstract
Objective: Although it is widely assumed that men’s sexual desire and interest in casual sex (i.e., sociosexual orientation) are linked to steroid hormone levels, evidence for such associations is mixed. Methods: We tested for both longitudinal and cross-sectional relationships between salivary testosterone, cortisol, reported sexual desire and sociosexuality in a sample of 61 young adult men, each of whom was tested weekly on up to five occasions. Results: Longitudinal analyses showed no clear relationships between steroid hormones and self-reported sexual desire or sociosexual orientation. Cross-sectional analyses showed no significant associations between average hormone levels and self-reported sexual desire. However, some aspects of sociosexuality, most notably desire for casual sex, were related to men’s average hormone levels. Men with higher average testosterone reported greater desire for casual sex, but only if they also had relatively low average cortisol levels. Conclusions: Our results support a Dual Hormone account of men’s sociosexuality, in which the combined effects of testosterone and cortisol predict the extent of men’s interest in casual sex. However, we did not detect compelling evidence for an association of within-subject hormone shifts and sexual desire or sociosexual orientation.
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Stern, J., Karastoyanova, K., Kandrik, M., Torrance, J., Hahn, A. C., Holzleitner, I., …Jones, B. C. (2020). Are sexual desire and sociosexual orientation related to men’s salivary steroid hormones?. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6(4), 447-466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00148-y
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 12, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 24, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020-12 |
Deposit Date | Jun 11, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology |
Electronic ISSN | 2198-7335 |
Publisher | Springer (part of Springer Nature) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 447-466 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00148-y |
Keywords | Sexual desire; Sociosexual orientation; Testosterone; Cortisol; Dual Hormone Hypothesis |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7460822 |
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