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Abstract
The possibility of a relationship between progesterone level and psychological state
was studied. Three groups of 10 women each were administered psychological tests during
menstruation to obtain a common base line. Groups were tested again so as to obtain
data during progessively higher progesterone peaks (one group during normal-cycle
calculated peak, one during the height of Enovid therapy, one during the third trimester
of pregnancy). Of 57 variables analyzed, only 2 varied significantly and progressively
among the three groups. These 2 could be indicative of increasing emotional vulnerability
with increasing progesterone level. The logic of statistical inference, however, renders
even these findings dubious, since one would expect approximately three variables
(of 57) to reach the 0.05 probability level by chance. It was concluded that serious
psychological disturbances are unlikely hazards secondary to increased progesterone
levels in normal women.
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Article Info
Publication History
Accepted:
March 1,
1972
Received:
January 27,
1972
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© 1972 Published by Elsevier Inc.
