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Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) Polymorphisms and Attachment in Human Infants.


ABSTRACT: Ordinary variations in human infants' attachment behaviors - their proclivity to seek and accept comfort from caregivers - are associated with a wide range of individual differences in psychological functioning in adults. The current investigation examined variation in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene as one possible source of these variations in infant attachment. One hundred seventy-six infants (77 Caucasian, 99 non-Caucasian) were classified as securely or insecurely attached based on their behavior in the Strange Situation (Ainsworth et al., 1978). The A allele of OXTR rs2254298 was associated with attachment security in the non-Caucasian infants (p?

SUBMITTER: Chen FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3161247 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) Polymorphisms and Attachment in Human Infants.

Chen Frances S FS   Barth Maria E ME   Johnson Stephen L SL   Gotlib Ian H IH   Johnson Susan C SC  

Frontiers in psychology 20110825


Ordinary variations in human infants' attachment behaviors - their proclivity to seek and accept comfort from caregivers - are associated with a wide range of individual differences in psychological functioning in adults. The current investigation examined variation in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene as one possible source of these variations in infant attachment. One hundred seventy-six infants (77 Caucasian, 99 non-Caucasian) were classified as securely or insecurely attached based on their  ...[more]

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