In healthy adults, intranasal oxytocin did not change the negative affective and attachment-related reactions to social rejection in ostracized participants.
In plain wordsIn healthy adults, nose-spray oxytocin did not change the negative feelings that came with being left out of a game.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- No significant changeAffective and attachment reactions to ostracism
- Study
n = 74
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Anxiety and mood · Mental health and mood
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intranasalAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Ostracized participants reported negative affective and attachment-related reactions, as well as a significant motivational change in increased desire to be involved in the game; these effects were not influenced by oxytocin.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The results suggest that in an explicitly aversive context, oxytocin does not buffer against the immediate impact of blunt social rejection.
In a double-blind, randomized, between-subjects design, 74 healthy male and female participants were administered intranasal oxytocin or placebo and subsequently ostracized or included during this virtual ball-tossing game.