ArticleArchives of women's mental health2018
Oxytocin and parenting behavior among impoverished mothers with low vs. high early life stress.
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- Endogenous oxytocin and human social interactions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological bulletinPooled it
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- Birthing parents' neural response to infant cry: moderating effects of oxytocin and perceived childhood care.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2025Article
- Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development and Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Comparative Studies.Psychology international · 2024Article
- Intergenerational associations of adverse and positive maternal childhood experiences with young children's psychosocial well-being.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Traumatic Birth Experience and Breastfeeding Ineffectiveness - a Literature Review.Materia socio-medica · 2023Article
- Emotion regulation moderates between maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and oxytocin response.Archives of women's mental health · 2022Article
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- Relationship between oxytocin and maternal approach behaviors to infants' vocalizations.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2020Article
- The oxytocinergic system in PTSD following traumatic childbirth: endogenous and exogenous oxytocin in the peripartum period.Archives of women's mental health · 2020Review
- Adverse childhood experiences among early care and education teachers: Prevalence and associations with observed quality of classroom social and emotional climate.Children and youth services review · 2020Article
- Microglial Function in the Effects of Early-Life Stress on Brain and Behavioral Development.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
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Abstract
Recent work suggests that key aspects of sensitive parenting (e.g., warmth, emotional attunement) may be shaped in part by biology, specifically the neuropeptide oxytocin. However, some studies have found that oxytocin may not act in expected ways in higher-risk populations (e.g., those with postnatal depression or borderline personality disorder). This study examined the relation between oxytocin and parenting among mothers with varying levels of early life stress. Forty low-income mothers and their 34- to 48-month-old child participated in this study. Mother-child dyads were observed in an interaction task in their home, and videos of these interactions were later coded for parenting behaviors. Mothers' oxytocin production before and after the interaction task was assessed through saliva. Mothers' early stress was assessed via the Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale (ACES; Felitti et al. Am J Prev Med 14:245-258, 1998). For mothers with low ACEs, higher oxytocin secretion was associated with more positive parenting. For mothers with high ACEs, higher oxytocin secretion was associated with lower levels of positive parenting. Oxytocin may be operating differently for mothers who experienced harsh early social environments, supporting more defensive behaviors and harsh parenting than anxiolytic and prosocial behaviors.
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