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标题：The Impact of Oxytocin Administration on Charitable Donating is Moderated by Experiences of Parental Love-Withdrawal
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作者：Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H. ; Huffmeijer, Renske ; Alink, Lenneke R.A. 等
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2011
卷号：2
页码：1-8
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00258
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：Oxytocin has been implicated in a variety of prosocial processes but most of this work has used laboratory tasks (such as the ultimatum game or the dictator game) to evaluate oxytocin’s prosocial effects. In a double blind randomized trial we examined the influence of intranasal administration of oxytocin on real, high-cost donating money to a charity without any expectation for reciprocation. Participants in the current study were 57 female undergraduate students, aged 18-30 years, who received a nasal spray containing either 24 IU of oxytocin or a placebo, and were then given the opportunity to make a charitable donation. The participants reported how often their parents used love-withdrawal as a disciplinary strategy involving withholding love and affection after a failure or misbehavior. Oxytocin appeared to increase the participants’ willingness to donate money to a charity but only in participants who experienced low levels of parental love-withdrawal. In contrast, oxytocin administration was ineffective in enhancing donating behavior in individuals who experienced high levels of parental love-withdrawal. We conclude that the positive effect of oxytocin administration on prosocial behavior may be limited to individuals with supportive backgrounds.
关键词：Altruism; Attachment; donating; intranasal administration; love withdrawal; Oxytocin; UNICEF