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Associations Between Luteal Phase, Unwanted Sexual Activity History, and Inflammation on Women's Arousal, Anxiety,
Harper R Jones1, Anneliis Sartin-Tarm1, Tierney K Lorenz1,2
1Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Objectives:
To conduct a preregistered analysis of the interactions between unwanted sex history, inflammation, and luteal phase in 76 healthy women.
Methods:
Participants provided saliva samples analyzed for progesterone and inflammation markers and completed subjective ratings of their sexual and physical arousal, disgust, and anxiety pre/post watching a sexual film.
Results:
Observed effect sizes were very small, and inferential results were generally non-significant.
Conclusion:
Findings suggest that if there are significant interactions of unwanted sex history and inflammation on ovarian cycle-related changes in women's emotional responses to sexual stimuli, these effects are modest and require large samples to reliably detect.
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