Associations Between Luteal Phase, Unwanted Sexual Activity History, and Inflammation on Women’s Arousal, Anxiety, and Disgust Responses to Sexual Stimuli: Results from a Pre-Registered Study
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: 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.
Source: Women s Reproductive Health
Institution: University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Development Fund, National Institutes of Health, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
OpenAlex ID: W7117124803