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The association between discontinuing hormonal contraceptives and wives marital
satisfaction depends on husbands facial attractiveness
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Russell VM
; McNulty JK
; Baker LR
; Meltzer AL
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
2014[Dec]; 111
(48
): 17081-6
PMID25404285
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How are hormonal contraceptives (HCs) related to marital well-being? Some work
suggests HCs suppress biological processes associated with women's preferences
for partner qualities reflective of genetic fitness, qualities that may be
summarized by facial attractiveness. Given that realizing such interpersonal
preferences positively predicts relationship satisfaction, any changes in women's
preferences associated with changes in their HC use may interact with partner
facial attractiveness to predict women's relationship satisfaction. We tested
this possibility using two longitudinal studies of 118 newlywed couples. Trained
observers objectively rated husbands' facial attractiveness in both studies. In
study 1, wives reported their marital satisfaction every 6 mo for 4 y and then
reported the history of their HC use for their relationship. In study 2, wives
reported whether they were using HCs when they met their husbands and then their
marital satisfaction and HC use every 4 mo for up to three waves. In both
studies, and in an analysis that combined the data from both studies, wives who
were using HCs when they formed their relationship with their husband were less
satisfied with their marriage when they discontinued HCs if their husband had a
relatively less attractive face, but more satisfied if their husband had a
relatively more attractive face. Beginning HCs demonstrated no consistent
associations with marital satisfaction. Incongruency between HC use at
relationship formation and current HC use was negatively associated with sexual
satisfaction, regardless of husbands' facial attractiveness. These findings
suggest that HC use may have unintended implications for women's close
relationships.