Coping style moderates the effect of intranasal oxytocin on the mood response to interpersonal stress

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-91

  Cardoso, Christopher ^a   Linnen, Anne Marie ^a   Joober, Ridha ^b   Ellenbogen, Mark A ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotion oriented coping; Intranasal oxytocin; Social rejection

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MALE; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN RELATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864517981     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025763     Document Type: Article

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