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dc.contributor.authorCobey, Kelly Den_UK
dc.contributor.authorHavlicek, Janen_UK
dc.contributor.authorKlapilova, Katerinaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, S Craigen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-21T22:32:58Z-
dc.date.available2016-11-21T22:32:58Z-
dc.date.issued2016-11en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/23078-
dc.description.abstractWomen who are regularly cycling exhibit different partner preferences than those who use hormonal contraception. Preliminary evidence appears to suggest that during pregnancy women’s partner preferences also diverge from those prevalent while regularly cycling. This is consistent with the general assertion that women’s mate preferences are impacted by hormonal variation. During pregnancy, women’s preferences are thought to closely resemble those displayed by women who are using hormonal contraception. Here, based on this literature, we compared levels of sexual desire among pregnant women who met their partner while using hormonal contraception and pregnant women who met their partner while regularly cycling. We predicted that women who met their partner while using hormonal contraception would experience higher levels of in-pair sexual desire during pregnancy since these women will have partner preferences that more closely match those prevalent at the time of their partner choice. Our results provided support for the idea that previous contraceptive use/non-use may impact subsequent sexual desire for the partner during pregnancy. Pregnant women who met their partner while using hormonal contraception (N=37) were shown to have higher levels of in-pair sexual desire than those who met while regularly cycling (N=47). In contrast, levels of extra-pair desire were not related to previous use/non-use of hormonal contraception. These findings were robust when controlling for a number of relevant individual difference variables known to impact sexual desire. Our results contribute to our understanding of factors affecting relationship functioning during pregnancy.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.relationCobey KD, Havlicek J, Klapilova K & Roberts SC (2016) Hormonal contraception use during relationship formation and sexual desire during pregnancy. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45 (8), pp. 2117-2122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0662-6en_UK
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2015 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://​creativecommons.​org/​licenses/​by/​4.​0/​), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectCongruency hypothesisen_UK
dc.subjectPregnancyen_UK
dc.subjectOral contraceptionen_UK
dc.subjectDesireen_UK
dc.subjectMenstrual cycleen_UK
dc.titleHormonal contraception use during relationship formation and sexual desire during pregnancyen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10508-015-0662-6en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid26704416en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleArchives of Sexual Behavioren_UK
dc.citation.issn1573-2800en_UK
dc.citation.issn0004-0002en_UK
dc.citation.volume45en_UK
dc.citation.issue8en_UK
dc.citation.spage2117en_UK
dc.citation.epage2122en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.contributor.funderThe British Academyen_UK
dc.author.emailcraig.roberts@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date24/12/2015en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCharles University in Pragueen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCharles University in Pragueen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000385175100022en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84951831944en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid574272en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-2797-1686en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-9641-6101en_UK
dc.date.accepted2015-11-03en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-11-03en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2016-04-19en_UK
dc.relation.funderprojectIs there ill in the pill? Exploring social consequences of partner choice while using hormonal contraceptionen_UK
dc.relation.funderrefMD130037en_UK
rioxxterms.apcnot requireden_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorCobey, Kelly D|0000-0003-2797-1686en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHavlicek, Jan|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKlapilova, Katerina|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorRoberts, S Craig|0000-0002-9641-6101en_UK
local.rioxx.projectMD130037|The British Academy|en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2016-04-19en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2016-04-19|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameCobey-etal-ArchSexBehav-2016.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source0004-0002en_UK
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