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The Pill and its Effects on Womens Jealousy By: Nicole Ostlund,
Mikayla Kemp, and Matt MenesesCobey, K.D., Pollet, T.V., Roberts,
C.S., & Buunk, A.P. (2011). Hormonal birth control use and
relationship jealousy: Evidence for estrogen dosage effects.
Personality and Individual Differences, 50(2), 315-317
Prior research has shown that women using oral contraceptives
express higher levels of jealousy than those women who are
regularly cycling. In the study done by Cobey, Pollet, Roberts, and
Buunk, they looked at the effects of different levels of the
combined oral contraceptives, either low dose or ultra-low dose, on
womens jealousy. They predicted that women on a higher dose (the
low dose) would express higher levels of jealousy than women on an
ultra-low dose. Their measurement of jealousy was done on a scale
created by Buunk, which measured jealousy on a continuum from
healthy to unhealthy.
Cobey, K.D., Pollet, T.V., Roberts, C.S., & Buunk, A.P.
(2011). Hormonal birth control use and relationship jealousy:
Evidence for estrogen dosage effects. Personality and Individual
Differences, 50(2), 315-317
275 women participated in their study, all of which had been
using oral contraceptives for at least 3 months. While also looking
at the differences between low and ultra-low doses, they looked at
the presence of progesterone on jealousy. In doing so they tested
the effects of progesterone against the effects of estrogen on
jealousy levels to see if a difference would be found between them
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Cobey, K.D., Pollet, T.V., Roberts, C.S., & Buunk, A.P.
(2011). Hormonal birth control use and relationship jealousy:
Evidence for estrogen dosage effects. Personality and Individual
Differences, 50(2), 315-317
What they found was that women in the low dose condition
expressed more jealousy than those in the ultra-low dose condition.
They also concluded that the presence of progesterone had no effect
on jealousy, meaning changes in jealousy are dependent on levels of
estrogen.
Ultra low doseLow doseCobey, K.D., Pollet, T.V., Roberts, C.S.,
& Buunk, A.P. (2011). Hormonal birth control use and
relationship jealousy: Evidence for estrogen dosage effects.
Personality and Individual Differences, 50(2), 315-317
Results. Turned out better than expected.
Cobey, K.D., Pollet, T.V., Roberts, C.S., & Buunk, A.P.
(2011). Hormonal birth control use and relationship jealousy:
Evidence for estrogen dosage effects. Personality and Individual
Differences, 50(2), 315-317
Too much estrogen?
Taken from Saturday Night Live, Season 3, Episode 5 Prior
research has also shown that women who are taking an oral
contraceptive tend to show no or weaker preferences for deeper
voices and masculine faces, than women who are maintaining a normal
cycle. What this studys conclusions postulate are the chances that
women who are on higher doses of these contraceptives could have
problems forming pair bonds (female-male relations).
Cobey, K.D., Pollet, T.V., Roberts, C.S., & Buunk, A.P.
(2011). Hormonal birth control use and relationship jealousy:
Evidence for estrogen dosage effects. Personality and Individual
Differences, 50(2), 315-317This study takes a new approach to
exploring the effects of oral contraceptives on behavior. Prior
research has explored different emotional phenomena that occurs as
a result of the pills, but has been lacking in other behavioral
effects. The experimenters suggest that brands and pharmaceutical
companies look deeper into the psychological effects of these
contraceptives.
Cobey, K.D., Pollet, T.V., Roberts, C.S., & Buunk, A.P.
(2011). Hormonal birth control use and relationship jealousy:
Evidence for estrogen dosage effects. Personality and Individual
Differences, 50(2), 315-317Interesting Points:
A previous study found that a larger amount of women on hormonal
contraceptives rather than non-users, reported that they would be
more upset with their partners sexual infidelity rather than their
partners emotional infidelity.
A previous study showed that progesterone affects behavior
affiliative motivation, but these results suggest that differing
progesterone have no significant affect on reported jealousy
levels
This study concludes that woman taking higher doses of the
Combined Oral Contraceptives could have problems forming pair
bonds.Weak Points:The age of participants had a significant
difference in jealousy levels. Therefore, the experiment could have
been broken into different age groups to find a more specific
result within the separate age groups
The study suggests that the use of Combined Oral Contraceptives
have an influence on depressive symptoms, but to further research
was done on this topic in the study.
The study only concentrated on low-dose users and ultra-low dose
users. High-dose users could have also been incorporated into the
study.