Intranasal oxytocin increases fathers' observed responsiveness during play with their children: A double-blind within-subject experiment

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1583-1586

  Naber, Fabienne ^a   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Deschamps, Peter ^b   van Engeland, Herman ^b   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fathers; Intervention; Oxytocin; Parenting; Sensitivity; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARENTING EDUCATION; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 77956372349     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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