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Oxytocin: a parenting hormone

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Feldman, Ruth, Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J·2017·Current Opinion in Psychology

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In non-human mammals mothering is hormone-dependent, with crucial roles for oxytocin and prolactin. While human parenting is not hormone-dependent, hormonal changes in oxytocin, vasopressin, prolactin, testosterone, and cortisol prime and accompany the expression of parenting. In the following we focus on oxytocin (OT) as a key hormone in human parenting. OT is a nine-amino-acid neuropeptide hormone which evolved from the ancient vasotocin molecule approximately 650 MYO. OT is implicated in sociality across vertebrate evolution and substantial research has pinpointed its role in birth, lactation, and maternal care in mammals. Over the last decade, studies have begun to examine peripheral levels of OT - in plasma, saliva, urine, and to lesser extend CSF - in humans as well as OT administration to parents. Correlational and experimental studies indicate that OT is associated with increased parent-child synchrony, sensitive parenting, and parental contact; interacts with other hormones, such as vasopressin, cortisol, or testosterone to create parent-specific effects; is associated with activation of key nodes in the parental brain, and is altered in conditions of high risk or parental psychopathology. We conclude by discussing the potential role of OT in interventions for high-risk parenting.

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“Parenting in mammals is affected by hormones with OT playing a vital role (Feldman and Bakermans-Kranenburg 2017).”
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Oxytocin therapy in hypopituitarism: Challenges and opportunities
Bhargava, R., Daughters, K., & Rees, A. (2018) · Clinical Endocrinology · doi:10.1111/cen.13909 · Cited by 22
“Early studies in the 1990s demonstrated profound effects of OT on sexual and maternal behaviour in animals, since replicated in human studies which confirm an important role of OT in normal parenting (39).”
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Oxytocin levels increase and anxiety decreases in mothers who sing and talk to their premature infants during a painful procedure
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“Contrary to our predictions, which were based on previous studies (O'Connell et al., 2012; Feldman and Bakermans-Kranenburg, 2017),”
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Endogenous oxytocin levels in extracted saliva elevates during breastfeeding correlated with lower postpartum anxiety in primiparous mothers
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“Whereas most studies have devoted attention to the hormonal underpinnings of maternal behavior, there is an increasing body of research pointing to the involvement of hormones in fathering behaviors (Feldman and Bakermans-Kranenburg, 2017; Grumi et al., 2021).”
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“One such hormone is oxytocin, a hypothalamic neuropeptide (Rilling, 2013; Feldman, 2016; Feldman, 2017; Feldman & Bakermans-Kranenburg, 2017).”
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Oxytocin inhibits ox‐LDL‐induced adhesion of monocytic THP‐1 cells to human brain microvascular endothelial cells
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“This multi-level synchrony represents both the immediate mechanism of social interaction and a pathway through which repeated social experiences may shape neural development (Feldman, 2015, 2017, 2021).”
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“These feelings are accompanied by changes on a neuroendocrinological level such as a decrease in cortisol and an increase in oxytocin (OT; Feldman & Bakermans-Kranenburg, 2017; Hostinar et al., 2015).”
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“Empathy might be seen as an infant-oriented reaction to crying and has been related to parental sensitivity and responsiveness (Leerkes & Qu, 2020) as well as to increased parental oxytocin (OT) levels (Feldman & Bakermans-Kranenburg, 2017).”
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Authors: Feldman, R., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J.
Affiliations: Bar-Ilan University (IL)
Corresponding author: Feldman, Ruth
ORCID: Feldman, Ruth
Venue: Current Opinion in Psychology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2017-06
Volume: 15
Pages: 13-18
ISSN: 2352-250X (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.02.011
OpenAlex: W2590449830
Cited by: 160
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 10
FWCI: 2.26
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Current Opinion in Psychology (publishedVersion)
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Funders: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (024.001.003)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Health and Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Keywords: oxytocin, parenting, maternal care, vasopressin, prolactin, testosterone, cortisol, parent-child synchrony, parental sensitivity, parental psychopathology, lactation, births

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