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- Title
Brief report: oxytocin enhances paternal sensitivity to a child with autism: a double-blind within-subject experiment with intranasally administered oxytocin.
- Authors
Naber, Fabiënne B A; Poslawsky, Irina E; van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H; van Engeland, Herman; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J
- Abstract
Oxytocin seems associated with parenting style, and experimental work showed positive effects of intranasally administered oxytocin on parenting style of fathers. Here, the first double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject experiment with intranasal oxytocin administration to fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is presented. Fathers with their typically developing toddler (n = 18), and fathers of toddlers diagnosed with ASD (n = 14), were observed in two play sessions of 15 min each with an intervening period of 1 week. In all fathers oxytocin elevated the quality of paternal sensitive play: fathers stimulated their child in a more optimal way, and they showed less hostility which suggests the positive effects of oxytocin on paternal sensitive play irrespective of clinical status of their child.
- Publication
Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2013, Vol 43, Issue 1, p224
- ISSN
1573-3432
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-012-1536-6