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Men in committed, romantic relationships have lower testosterone

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Re: Men in committed, romantic relationships have lower testosterone

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Post by minimaxir »

> To test this hypothesis, 122 male Harvard Business School students filled out a questionnaire and collected one saliva sample (from which testosterone level was measured). Results revealed that men in committed, romantic relationships had 21% lower testosterone levels than men not involved in such relationships.

Since I can't read the paper without credentials, let's say half the participants indicated they are in a relationship. Won't a sample size of 61 potentially result in confidence interval issues?

Re: Men in committed, romantic relationships have lower testosterone

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Post by Pinwheeler »

Let's not forget: Correlation != Causation.

Does being in a relationship lower your testosterone?

Or are women(assuming the men in study were heterosexual, not sure on that, either) more interested in entering into LTRs with men with lower testosterone levels?

Edit: Also, was this controlled for age?

Re: Men in committed, romantic relationships have lower testosterone

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Post by mindcruzer »

Pinwheeler wrote: post #5

Let's not forget: Correlation != Causation. Does being in a relationship lower your testosterone? Or are women(assuming the men in study were heterosexual, not sure on that, either) more interested in entering into LTRs with men with lower testosterone levels? Edit: Also, was this controlled for age?

My guess is that it's the former. In general, women are attracted to masculinity (assuming heterosexuality), a factor in which testosterone plays a large part.
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