Preliminary research on plasma oxytocin in normal cycling women: investigating emotion and interpersonal distress.
Preliminary research on plasma oxytocin in normal cycling women: investigating emotion and interpersonal distress.
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10.1080/00332747.1999.11024859
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1999
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R. Turner;M. Altemus;Teresa Enos;Bruce Cooper;Teresa McGuinness
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作者：
R. Turner;M. Altemus;Teresa Enos;Bruce Cooper;Teresa McGuinness
神经激素催产素负责启动分娩和哺乳期妇女的放下反射，并在性高潮时释放。催产素被认为是一种亲和激素，因为对非人类哺乳动物的研究表明，它在母性行为的启动和成年配对债券的形成中起着关键作用。据推测，社会刺激可能会引起催产素的释放，催产素可能会使积极的社会接触更有价值。数据来自一项初步研究，以检查血浆催产素的变化，响应于一个标准的图像任务，elevening情感相关的附件。25个正常的骑自行车，健康的妇女进行了意象任务，并完成问卷调查的附件和人际关系的问题。在三种干预（按摩、积极情绪和消极情绪）之前、期间和之后通过留置导管抽取血液（5 ml），并建立基线。总的来说，数据显示，催产素水平有一种趋势，即放松按摩会使催产素水平升高，而悲伤情绪会使催产素水平降低。对干预措施的反应存在个体差异。那些表现出积极情绪和按摩时催产素水平增加的证据，以及那些在消极情绪时保持催产素水平的人，不太可能报告与侵入性相关的人际关系问题。在悲伤时保持催产素水平也与亲密关系中较低的焦虑有关。处于夫妻关系中的女性对积极情绪的反应是催产素的增加更大。相比之下，催产素的基础水平越高，人际关系的困扰就越大。这些数据表明，外周分泌的催产素在情绪刺激与个人的人际关系的特点。
The neurohormone oxytocin is responsible for initiating childbirth and the let-down reflex in lactating women and is released during sexual orgasm. Oxytocin has been thought of as an affiliation hormone because research on nonhuman mammals has demonstrated that it plays a key role in the initiation of maternal behavior and the formation of adult pair bonds. It has been speculated that social stimuli may induce oxytocin release and that oxytocin may make positive social contact more rewarding. Data are presented from an initial study to examine change in plasma oxytocin in response to a standard imagery task that elicits emotion related to attachment. Twenty-five normal cycling, healthy women underwent imagery tasks and completed questionnaires on attachment and interpersonal problems. Blood draws (5 ml) were bone via an indwelling catheter before, during, and after three interventions (massage, positive emotion, and negative emotion) and to establish baselines. Overall, the data showed a tendency for oxytocin levels to be elevated in response to relaxation massage and decreased in response to sad emotion. There were individual differences in response to the interventions. Those who showed evidence of increased oxytocin levels for positive emotion and massage and who maintained oxytocin levels during negative emotion were less likely to report interpersonal problems associated with intrusiveness. Maintaining oxytocin levels during sadness was also correlated with lower anxiety in close relationships. Women who were in a couple relationship had greater increases in oxytocin in response to positive emotion. In contrast, higher basal levels of oxytocin were associated with greater interpersonal distress. These data suggest that peripheral secretion of oxytocin in response to emotional stimuli is associated with the individual's interpersonal characteristics.