In women exposed to a laboratory stressor, plasma oxytocin did not differ between women with partner physical contact and women with social support or no interaction.
In plain wordsIn women under lab stress, the body's own oxytocin levels were no different after partner touch than after talk support or no contact.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- No significant changePlasma oxytocin level
- Study
n = 67
- Comparator
- No partner interaction or verbal social support
- Outcome group
- Stress hormones · Endocrine and hormones
Source sentences
Women with positive physical partner contact before stress exhibited significantly lower cortisol and heart rate responses to stress but no different plasma oxytocin levels compared to women who received social support or no social interaction.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sixty-seven women, aged 20-37 years, who had been married or cohabiting with a male partner for at least 12 months at the time of the study, were exposed to a standardized psychosocial laboratory stressor (Trier Social Stress Test).
Participants were randomly assigned to three study groups differing in the type of a 10-min period of social interaction with their partner prior to stress: n=25 with no partner interaction, n=22 with verbal social support, and n=20 with physical contact (standardized neck and shoulder massage).
This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.