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The role of exogenous testosterone and social environment on the expression of sociosexuality and status-seeking behaviors in young Chilean men

dc.contributor.authorPolo Rodrigo, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorFajardo, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz Reyes, José Antonio
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela-Martinez, Nohelia T.
dc.contributor.authorBelinchón, Montserrat
dc.contributor.authorFigueroa, Oriana
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Martínez, Ana
dc.contributor.authorDeglín, Marcel
dc.contributor.authorPita, Miguel
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-08T21:11:35Z
dc.date.available2024-08-08T21:11:35Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractTestosterone plays an important role as a social hormone. Current evidence suggests that testosterone is posi tively related to sociosexuality increasing the psychological attitudes toward investing in short-term versus long term mating and promotes status-seeking behaviors both by dominance and prestige. In addition, the social environment may play an important role in the expression of mating effort through changes in sociosexuality and status-seeking behaviors. However, the causal relationships among the mentioned variables are still debated. We employed a double-blind, placebo-controlled within-individual design, in order to test and integrate the pro posed causal relationships between testosterone and social environment over short-term and long-term mating orientation and dominant and prestigious status-seeking behaviors in a sample of 95 young Chilean men. We did not find evidence that the administration of exogenous testosterone increased short-term or decreased long-term mating orientation as expected. Moreover, exogenous testosterone did not affect either aggressive or cooperative behavior failing to support the social status hypothesis. We also did not find any relationship between short or long-term mating orientation with status-seeking behaviors. Finally, we found support for the effect of social environment on sociosexual attitudes but not over status-seeking behaviors. Thus, men reported higher levels of short-term mating orientation in the presence of a woman compared to a man and no differences were found for long-term mating orientation. We argue that sociosexuality may be expressed flexibly, but contextual factors such as the presence of women seem more important than changes in testosterone levels.
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dc.identifier.citationPolo P, Fajardo G, Muñoz-Reyes JA, Valenzuela NT, Belinchón M, Figueroa O, Fernández-Martínez A, Deglín M, Pita M. The role of exogenous testosterone and social environment on the expression of sociosexuality and status-seeking behaviors in young Chilean men. Horm Behav. 2024 May;161:105522. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105522
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105522
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11447/9232
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectShort-term mating orientation
dc.subjectDominance
dc.subjectPrestige
dc.subjectLong-term mating orientation
dc.subjectPluralistic mating
dc.titleThe role of exogenous testosterone and social environment on the expression of sociosexuality and status-seeking behaviors in young Chilean men
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dcterms.sourceHormones and Behavior
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