Changes in prenatal testosterone and sexual desire in expectant couples

• Main Authors: SIM, Wei Xiang, CHOPIK, William J., WARDECKER, Britney M., EDELSTEIN, Robin S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Transition to parenthood; pregnancy; sexual desire; testosterone; Gender and Sexuality; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3690; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4948/viewcontent/Sim_et_al_2020_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

During the transition to parenthood (TTP), both women and men report declines in sexual desire, which are thought to reflect an evolutionarily adaptive focus on parenting over mating. New parents also show changes in testosterone, a steroid hormone implicated in both parenting and mating, suggesting...