Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK.
Department of Psychology, Humboldt State University, USA.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018 Feb;88:153-157. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.12.015. Epub 2017 Dec 21.
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) longitudinal study of hormonal correlates of young adult women's general sexual desire and their desire for uncommitted sexual relationships. Our analyses suggest that within-woman changes in general sexual desire are negatively related to progesterone, but are not related to testosterone or cortisol. We observed some positive relationships for estradiol, but these were generally only significant for solitary sexual desire. By contrast with our results for general sexual desire, analyses showed no evidence that changes in women's desire for uncommitted sexual relationships are related to their hormonal status. Together, these results suggest that changes in hormonal status contribute to changes in women's general sexual desire, but do not influence women's desire for uncommitted sexual relationships.
几项最近的纵向研究调查了年轻成年女性一般性欲的激素相关性，更具体地说，是她们对非承诺性关系的欲望。这些研究的结果不一致，可能是因为每项研究只测试了一小部分女性（N=43、33 和 14）。在这里，我们报告了一项更大规模（N=375）的纵向研究的结果，该研究调查了年轻成年女性一般性欲和非承诺性关系欲望的激素相关性。我们的分析表明，女性一般性欲的个体内变化与孕激素呈负相关，但与睾酮或皮质醇无关。我们观察到一些雌二醇的正相关关系，但这些关系通常只与单独的性欲有关。与我们关于一般性欲的结果相反，分析表明没有证据表明女性对非承诺性关系的欲望变化与她们的激素状态有关。总的来说，这些结果表明，激素状态的变化导致了女性一般性欲的变化，但不会影响女性对非承诺性关系的欲望。
