Brief report: Oxytocin enhances paternal sensitivity to a child with autism: A double-blind within-subject experiment with intranasally administered oxytocin

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 224-229

  Naber, Fabiënne B A ^a   Poslawsky, Irina E ^b   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Van Engeland, Herman ^b   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Fathers; Oxytocin; Sensitive parenting

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATHER; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TODDLER;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATHERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING;

EID: 84872357307     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1536-6     Document Type: Article

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