Romantic Love and Reproductive Hormones in Women

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 16; no. 21; p. 4224
• Main Authors: Sorokowski, Piotr, Żelaźniewicz, Agnieszka, Nowak, Judyta, Groyecka, Agata, Kaleta, Magdalena, Lech, Weronika, Samorek, Sylwia, Stachowska, Katarzyna, Bocian, Klaudia, Pulcer, Aleksandra, Sorokowska, Agnieszka, Kowal, Marta, Pisanski, Katarzyna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 31.10.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Behavior; Cognitive science; Female; Fertility; Gonadal Steroid Hormones - blood; Hormones; Humans; Infections; Laboratories; Love; Menstruation; Morphology; Physiology; Questionnaires; Reproduction; Researchers; Sexual Partners; Single persons; Studies; Testosterone; Womens health; Young Adult; love; testosterone (T); sex hormones; luteinizing hormone (LH); follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH); fecundity

Increased reproductive success is among the most commonly proposed adaptive functions of romantic love. Here, we tested if hormonal changes associated with falling in love may co-vary with hormonal profiles that predict increased fecundity in women. We compared blood serum levels of estradiol (E2, E...