Does women’s anxious jealousy track changes in steroid hormone levels?

• Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology Vol. 113; p. 104553
• Main Authors: Hahn, Amanda C., DeBruine, Lisa M., Pesce, Lola A., Diaz, Andrew, Aberson, Christopher L., Jones, Benedict C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Anxiety; Anxiety - metabolism; Estradiol - analysis; Estrogens - analysis; Female; Gonadal Steroid Hormones - analysis; Gonadal Steroid Hormones - metabolism; Humans; Hydrocortisone - analysis; Interpersonal relationships; Jealousy; Menstrual Cycle; Progesterone; Progesterone - analysis; Progesterone - metabolism; Saliva - chemistry; Testosterone - analysis; Young Adult; Anxiety; Jealousy; Progesterone; Interpersonal relationships; Menstrual cycle

•Animal studies suggest anxiety is linked to progesterone in females.•There have been few direct tests of this hypothesis in humans.•Anxious jealousy and endogenous progesterone measured longitudinally in a large sample of women.•No evidence for within-subject effects of progesterone on reported anx...