Is Pathogen Disgust Increased on Days of the Menstrual Cycle when Progesterone is High? Evidence from a Between-Subjects Study Using Estimated Progesterone Levels
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Published:2022-12-27
Issue:1
Volume:9
Page:26-36
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ISSN:2198-7335
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Container-title:Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
Author:
Rafiee Yasaman,Jones Benedict C.,Shiramizu Victor
Abstract
Abstract
Objective
The Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis proposes that women will show increased pathogen disgust at points in the menstrual cycle when progesterone is high, compensating for the immunosuppressive effects of progesterone. However, evidence for the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis from studies that used longitudinal designs to investigate whether pathogen disgust tracks changes in progesterone is mixed. It was recently proposed that longitudinal designs may be poorly suited to testing the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis because carry-over effects when women are tested repeatedly in within-subject designs might obscure the effects of progesterone and pathogen disgust. Consequently, we used a between-subjects design to test for a positive relationship between scores on the pathogen disgust subscale of the Three Domain Disgust Scale and progesterone levels imputed from menstrual cycle data using actuarial tables.
Methods
We employed a between-subject design on N = 1346 women using the Three Domains of Disgust Scale (TDDS).
Results
We found no evidence for a positive effect of progesterone on pathogen disgust, suggesting that null results for the hypothesized relationship between progesterone and pathogen disgust are not limited to studies using designs that may be subject to carry-over effects caused by repeated testing.
Conclusion
Our results add to a growing body of research that does not support the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis.
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Physiology
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