Threats to Courtship and the Physiological Response: Testosterone Mediates the Association Between Relational uncertainty and Disclosure for Dating Partner Recipients of Relational Transgressions
| Autor: | John Crowley, Shana Makos, Amanda Denes, Joseph Whitt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Physiology
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Behavioural sciences Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Testosterone (patch) Behavioral neuroscience Relational transgression 050105 experimental psychology Courtship 03 medical and health sciences Behavioral Neuroscience 0302 clinical medicine Dominance (ethology) Negative relationship 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Association (psychology) Social psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery media_common |
| Zdroj: | Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 4:264-282 |
| ISSN: | 2198-7335 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40750-018-0092-5 |
| Popis: | Scholars have increasingly recognized that an important avenue for future research is to examine why the relational characteristic of uncertainty incites reactivity for romantic partners during times of transition. Grounded within relational turbulence theory, this study examined whether testosterone, a social hormone that inspires approach behaviors that protect against status and dominance threats, can help account for the negative relationship between relational uncertainty and disclosure for dating partner recipients of severe relational transgressions. Baseline testosterone levels were measured through a dried blood spot method for dating partners who had experienced severe relational transgressions within 5-months of their study participation. The results revealed that each type of relational uncertainty was negatively associated with testosterone, that testosterone was positively associated with reports of disclosure, and that testosterone mediated the relationship between each type of relational uncertainty and disclosure. The findings demonstrate that experiences with relational uncertainty following a severe relational transgression may negatively impact levels of disclosure for transgression recipients and that testosterone levels may be an explanatory mechanism for this association. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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