Changes in ritualized behavior during the menstrual cycle

k 2022

Changes in ritualized behavior during the menstrual cycle

KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Eva, Radek KUNDT a Jan KRÁTKÝ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Changes in ritualized behavior during the menstrual cycle

Autoři

KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Eva, Radek KUNDT a Jan KRÁTKÝ

Vydání

European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA), online, 19-22 April 2022, Leipzig, Germany, 2022

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

ritualized behavior; stress; anxiety; menstrual cycle; stress changes

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 13. 2. 2023 10:44, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová

Anotace

V originále

Recent research started to examine the adaptive value of ritualized behavior and one hypothesized function includes positive effects on individual health and survival. In humans and non-human animals, ritualized behavior has been linked to states of intense stress and anxiety in a range of studies. Moreover, in humans, the emergence of ritualized behavior has been observed in situations of perceived uncertainty, be it unpredictability of physical danger or a threat to social status. It remains, however, unclear whether ritualized behavior occurs spontaneously also in common, less intense anxiogenic situations. As a suitable naturally occurring condition allowing within-subject comparison, we used state anxiety fluctuations within the menstrual cycle, specifically the luteal phase anxiety and stress changes, as possible sources of spontaneous ritualization. In a pre-registered longitudinal study (36 days), free-cycling female participants regularly marked their day of the cycle, symptoms connected with the menstrual cycle, levels of anxiety, and activities they performed. These activities were evaluated by independent coders on the characteristics of ritualized behavior. The main prediction of the study is that psychological changes, specifically heightened anxiety, and perceived stress during the luteal phase, would lead to both an increase in the types of ritualized behaviors and higher intensity of those behaviors. We report on the results and how they connect to the theorized anxiety management function of ritual systems.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1435/2021, interní kód MU

Název: Velké otázky ve studiu náboženství: Snaha o propojování humanitní a přírodovědné expertízy (Akronym: VESNA)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Velké otázky ve studiu náboženství: Snaha o propojování humanitní a přírodovědné expertízy

Citovat

KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Eva, Radek KUNDT a Jan KRÁTKÝ. Changes in ritualized behavior during the menstrual cycle. In European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA), online, 19-22 April 2022, Leipzig, Germany. 2022.

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   booktitle = {European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA), online, 19-22 April 2022, Leipzig, Germany},
   keywords = {ritualized behavior; stress; anxiety; menstrual cycle; stress changes},
   language = {eng},
   title = {Changes in ritualized behavior during the menstrual cycle},
   url = {https://www.eva.mpg.de/ecology/events/ehbea-2022/conference/},
   year = {2022}
}

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KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Eva, Radek KUNDT a Jan KRÁTKÝ. Changes in ritualized behavior during the menstrual cycle. In \textit{European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA), online, 19-22 April 2022, Leipzig, Germany}. 2022.

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