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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021

Salivary Oxytocin Is Negatively Associated With Religious Faith in Japanese Non-Abrahamic People.

Junko Yamada, Yo Nakawake, Qiulu Shou, Kuniyuki Nishina, Masahiro Matsunaga, Haruto Takagishi

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Junko YamadaBrain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Machida, Japan.
Yo NakawakeCenter for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Qiulu ShouGraduate School of Brain Sciences, Tamagawa University, Machida, Japan.
Kuniyuki NishinaGraduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Masahiro MatsunagaDepartment of Health and Psychosocial Medicine, Aichi Medical University, School of Medicine, Nagakute, Japan.
Haruto TakagishiBrain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Machida, Japan.
Tamagawa University · JPAichi Medical University · JPKochi University of Technology · JPOsaka University of Human Sciences · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spirituality and religiosity have a significant impact on one's well-being. Although previous studies have indicated that the neuropeptide hormone oxytocin is associated with spirituality/religiosity, existing findings remain inconsistent. Some studies have reported a positive relationship between oxytocin and spirituality/religiosity, while other studies have reported a negative association. Herein, we examined the association between endogenous oxytocin and spirituality/religiosity in 200 non-Abrahamic Japanese individuals (102 females, mean age ± standard deviation = 41.53 ± 10.46) by measuring the level of salivary oxytocin and spiritual/religious faith. We found that the level of salivary oxytocin was negatively associated with spiritual/religious faith. Individuals with higher levels of salivary oxytocin tend to have more negative spiritual/religious faith compared with those with low oxytocin levels (e.g., "

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endogenous hormonenon-Abrahamic religionreligious faithsalivary oxytocinspirituality/religiosity

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PMID34512461
PMCPMC8427280
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