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title: Does your personality type affect your hormone levels during your menstrual cycle?
description: Yes. Women with higher activity and endurance and lower emotional reactivity had nearly twice the estrogen levels and more favorable progesterone patterns tha
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Survey study, 2012

# Does your personality type affect your hormone levels during your menstrual cycle?

Yes. Women with higher activity and endurance and lower emotional reactivity had nearly twice the estrogen levels and more favorable progesterone patterns than women with opposite traits.

 Moderate study design

108 women of reproductive age in an urban area

## What they did

108 women of reproductive age had their personality measured for three traits: activity, endurance, and emotional reactivity. Their estrogen and progesterone levels were tracked throughout their menstrual cycle.

## What they found

Women high in activity and endurance but low in emotional reactivity had up to twice as high estradiol (estrogen) levels compared to women low in activity and endurance but high in emotional reactivity. These women also had more favorable progesterone patterns.

## What it means for you

Your personality may be linked to your hormone levels, with more active and resilient personalities associated with higher estrogen production. This might explain why personality relates to reproductive success. Limitation: urban sample only, cross-sectional design.

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Women studied

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Up to twice as high estradiol levels in active women

## About the study

Original title Temperament and ovarian reproductive hormones in women: evidence from a study during the entire menstrual cycle Authors Ziomkiewicz A, Wichary S, Bochenek D et al. Journal Hormones and behavior Year 2012 Study design Survey study Participants 108 Read the paper [doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.01.017](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.01.017)

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