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A longitudinal analysis of men’s intrasexual competitiveness, state anxiety, salivary testosterone, and salivary cortisol

View ORCID ProfileJaimie S Torrance, View ORCID ProfileAmanda C Hahn, View ORCID ProfileMichal Kandrik, View ORCID ProfileLisa M DeBruine, Benedict C Jones
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/198424
Jaimie S Torrance
1Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK
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Amanda C Hahn
2Department of Psychology, Humboldt State University, USA
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Michal Kandrik
3Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Lisa M DeBruine
1Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK
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Benedict C Jones
1Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK
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Abstract

Previous research suggests that competition-induced increases in men’s testosterone levels are associated with increases in their intrasexual competitiveness. Whether these relationships are also evident when considering naturally occurring changes in men’s testosterone levels is an open question, however. To investigate this issue, we carried out a longitudinal analysis of steroid hormone levels and men’s responses on the Intrasexual Competitiveness Scale. We found no evidence that men’s intrasexual competitiveness tracked naturally occurring changes in salivary testosterone, cortisol, or their interaction. However, men did report greater current (i.e., state) anxiety when cortisol was high, replicating previous findings. Our null results for steroid hormones and intrasexual competitiveness suggest that findings for relationships between competition-induced changes in testosterone and men’s intrasexual competitiveness may not necessarily generalize well to relationships with naturally occurring variation in steroid hormones.

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A longitudinal analysis of men’s intrasexual competitiveness, state anxiety, salivary testosterone, and salivary cortisol
Jaimie S Torrance, Amanda C Hahn, Michal Kandrik, Lisa M DeBruine, Benedict C Jones
bioRxiv 198424; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/198424
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A longitudinal analysis of men’s intrasexual competitiveness, state anxiety, salivary testosterone, and salivary cortisol
Jaimie S Torrance, Amanda C Hahn, Michal Kandrik, Lisa M DeBruine, Benedict C Jones
bioRxiv 198424; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/198424

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