Anxiety and inhibitory control in women cycling naturally and women taking oral contraceptives

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dc.abstract.enElevated levels of anxiety are related to longer response times on tasks assessing inhibition, the ability to restrain automatic responses. The literature shows inconsistent results regarding the link between oral contraceptives (OC), anxiety, and inhibition. The present project aimed to compare anxiety levels and inhibitory control towards emotional words, including those eliciting anxiety, in naturally cycling (NC) women and women taking OC containing androgenic progestins or OC containing anti-androgenic progestins. We present two studies: a cross-sectional study with 240 women and a daily diary study with 89 women. There was no difference in anxiety levels between OC users and NC women in both studies. The daily diary study showed a significant difference between groups with anti-androgenic OC users always having the longest response times. Future studies could focus on the link between the different components of OC and inhibitory control as it can be linked to anxiety symptoms in women.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorKowalczyk, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorKornacka, Monika
dc.contributor.authorKrejtz, Izabela
dc.date.access2025-07-06
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-15T11:19:21Z
dc.date.available2025-07-15T11:19:21Z
dc.date.created2025-06-22
dc.date.issued2025-07-06
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.grantnumber2020/37/N/HS6/ 02571
dc.description.granttitleThe relationship between the menstrual cycle, anxiety and cognitive functioning – moderating role of oral contraceptives
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/20445911.2025.2525254
dc.identifier.eissn2044-592X
dc.identifier.issn2044-5911
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1609
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20445911.2025.2525254?src=exp-la
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_REPOSITORY
dc.subject.enExecutive functions
dc.subject.eninhibition
dc.subject.enanxiety
dc.subject.enoral contraceptives
dc.subject.enmenstrual cycle
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleAnxiety and inhibitory control in women cycling naturally and women taking oral contraceptives
dc.title.journalJournal of Cognitive Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle