Temperament and ovarian reproductive hormones in women: Evidence from a study during the entire menstrual cycle

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-540

  Ziomkiewicz, Anna ^a   Wichary, Szymon ^b,c   Bochenek, Dorota ^d   Pawlowski, Boguslaw ^d   Jasienska, Grazyna ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Fertility; Menstrual cycle; Personality; Progesterone; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; ENDURANCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TEMPERAMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EMOTIONS; ESTRONE; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREGNANEDIOL; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERAMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84859105905     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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