ArticleSocial and personality psychology compass2017
I love you from the bottom of my hypothalamus: The role of stress physiology in romantic pair bond formation and maintenance.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Family risk, parental cortisol contagion, and parenting: A process-oriented approach to spillover.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- The relationship of coping style and social support variation to glucocorticoid metabolites in wild olive baboons (Papio anubis).Primates; journal of primatology · 2025Article
- Deviations in stress and support: Associations with parenting emotions across the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2023Article
- Functional Neuroimaging of Human Hypothalamus in Socioemotional Behavior: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives on Romantic Love.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- Morphofunctional Alterations of the Hypothalamus and Social Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders.Brain sciences · 2020Review
- Calming Effects of Touch in Human, Animal, and Robotic Interaction-Scientific State-of-the-Art and Technical Advances.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Review
- Romantic Love and Reproductive Hormones in Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Monogamous pair bonds helped solve ancestral problems pertinent to our survival as a species. In order for these pair bonds to succeed, biological systems were co-opted to support and reinforce attachment bonds through feelings of pleasure and reward. One of the major biological systems that may play an important role in the formation of romantic attachments is the stress response system (autonomic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis). Research suggests attraction, mate preference, and emotional connectedness may be supported by the activation or inhibition of the stress response system. Further, as romantic relationships progress, new findings suggest partners' physiological patterns coalesce, potentially serving a regulatory function that reinforces the pair bond and affects overall well-being. Based on this evidence, the current paper puts forth the Physiology of Romantic Pair Bond Initiation and Maintenance Model, which will provide researchers with a new perspective on the function of the stress response system in romantic relationships.
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