TY - JOUR
T1 - Does the interaction between partnership status and average progesterone level predict women's preferences for facial masculinity?
AU - DeBruine, Lisa M.
AU - Hahn, Amanda C.
AU - Jones, Benedict C.
PY - 2019/1/31
Y1 - 2019/1/31
N2 - Many studies have attempted to identify biological factors that reliably predict individual differences in women's preferences for masculine male faces. Marcinkowska et al. (2018, Hormones & Behavior) recently reported that women's (N = 102) preferences for facial masculinity were predicted by the interaction between their relationship status (partnered versus unpartnered) and average progesterone level. Because previous findings for between-women differences in masculinity preferences have often not replicated well, we attempted to replicate Marcinkowska et al.'s result in an open data set from another recent study that had not tested this hypothesis (Jones et al., 2018, Psychological Science). In this sample of 316 women, we found that facial masculinity preferences were predicted by the interaction between women's relationship status and average progesterone level, consistent with Marcinkowska et al.'s results (data and analysis code are available at https://osf.io/q9szc). Together, these findings suggest that the combined effects of relationship status and average progesterone level may predict facial masculinity preferences relatively reliably.
AB - Many studies have attempted to identify biological factors that reliably predict individual differences in women's preferences for masculine male faces. Marcinkowska et al. (2018, Hormones & Behavior) recently reported that women's (N = 102) preferences for facial masculinity were predicted by the interaction between their relationship status (partnered versus unpartnered) and average progesterone level. Because previous findings for between-women differences in masculinity preferences have often not replicated well, we attempted to replicate Marcinkowska et al.'s result in an open data set from another recent study that had not tested this hypothesis (Jones et al., 2018, Psychological Science). In this sample of 316 women, we found that facial masculinity preferences were predicted by the interaction between women's relationship status and average progesterone level, consistent with Marcinkowska et al.'s results (data and analysis code are available at https://osf.io/q9szc). Together, these findings suggest that the combined effects of relationship status and average progesterone level may predict facial masculinity preferences relatively reliably.
KW - facial preferences
KW - attraction
KW - masculinity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85058960731&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.12.004
DO - 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.12.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 30543820
AN - SCOPUS:85058960731
SN - 0018-506X
VL - 107
SP - 80
EP - 82
JO - Hormones and Behavior
JF - Hormones and Behavior
ER -