Hormonal contraceptive use and mate retention behavior in women and their male partners

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-120

  Welling, Lisa L M ^a   Puts, David A ^a   Roberts, S Craig ^b   Little, Anthony C ^b   Burriss, Robert P ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hormonal contraception; Hormones; Mate guarding; Mate retention behavior; MRI SF

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEALOUSY; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855931349     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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