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Oxytocin and human social behavior.

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Campbell, Anne·2010·Personality and Social Psychology Review

Abstract

Despite a general consensus that oxytocin (OT) has prosocial effects, there is no clear agreement on how these effects are achieved. Human research on OT is reviewed under three broad research initiatives: attachment and trust, social memory, and fear reduction. As an organizing perspective for scholars' current knowledge, a tentative model of the causes and effects of alterations in OT level is proposed. The model must remain provisional until conceptual and methodological problems are addressed that arise from a failure to distinguish between traits and states, differing research paradigms used in relation to OT as an independent versus dependent variable, and the possibility that OT effects depend on the initial emotional state of the individual. Social and personality psychologists have important roles to play in developing more rigorous and creative research designs.

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  • A majority of studies to date have been restricted to males.

    “A majority of studies to date have been restricted to males [33]”
  • Oxytocin is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that acts as a complex neuromodulator capable of affecting a wide range of social and reproductive behaviors including pair bonding, maternal, affiliative and sexual behaviors.

    “oxytocin is a highly influential neuropeptide known to significantly impact a variety of social and reproductive behaviors including pair bonding, as well as maternal, affiliative and sexual behaviors (see Burkett and Young, 2012, Campbell, 2010, Donaldson and Young, 2008, Lee et al., 2009, Meyer-Lindenberg et al., 2011).”

    From Oxytocin, motivation and the role of dopamine (2014) · cites this paper as Campbell, 2010

  • Oxytocin is known to interact with sex hormones such as oestrogen.

    “Oxytocin is known to interact with sex hormones such as oestrogen, but few studies in humans have so far had the necessary scope to address such questions (Campbell, 2010).”
  • Sensation seeking personality traits have been linked in other work with differences in testosterone and estrogen levels.

    “which have been linked in other work with differences in testosterone and estrogen levels”

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Authors
Campbell, A.
Affiliations
Durham University (GB)
Corresponding author
Campbell, Anne
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Published
2010-04-30
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
281-295
ISSN
  • 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7957
OpenAlex
W2111005252
Cited by
232
References
140
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FWCI
29.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Durham Research Online (Durham University) (acceptedVersion)
  • Durham Research Online (Durham University) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • Durham Research Online (Durham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords
oxytocin, prosocial behavior, attachment, trust, social memory, fear reduction, trait versus state, emotional state
MeSH terms
Emotions, Biological Evolution, Fear, Humans, Object Attachment, Oxytocin, Retention, Psychology, Social Behavior, Social Identification, Trust

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