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About this book
The present thesis aimed to investigate the effects of stress on women's reproductive system and mating behavior. For this purpose, an online study about the association between chronic psychosocial stress, potential protective factors such as dispositional resilience, and menstrual cycle regularity was conducted. The results suggest that chronic stress and resilience have a main effect on menstrual cycle regularity. Additionally, women with greater resilience have a reduced risk of irregular menstrual cycles in the face of low to moderate chronic stress; however, this association changes at the highest level of chronic stress. Furthermore, in an experimental study, women's mate-choice behaviors, such as masculinity preference, were assessed, with a particular emphasis on hormonal dynamics throughout the menstrual cycle in interaction with stress induction. Women were found to prefer more masculine men before ovulation than in the mid-luteal phase, whereby estradiol seemed to predict masculinity preference. In addition, compared to a control condition, women exposed to a stressful condition experienced a decrease in male masculinity preference.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abstract
- Tables
- Figures
- Abbrevations
- 1. Introduction
- PART I: Theoretical Background
- 2. Women’s Reproductive System and Reproductive Disorders
- 3. Women’s reproductive behavior
- 4. The Psychobiology of Stress
- 5. Stress and the Psychobiology of Women’s Reproduction
- 6. Summary of the Theoretical Background, Conclusions and Conceptualization of theStudies
- PART II: Empirical Studies
- 7. Dispositional Resilience as a Moderator of the Relationship between Chronic Stressand Irregular Menstrual Cycle
- 8. Effect of Stress on Women’s Preference for Male Facial Masculinity
- PART III: General Discussion
- 9. Summary and Discussion of the Empirical Studies
- References