Relationship between oxytocin and maternal approach behaviors to infants' vocalizations.

ABSTRACT: Infants communicate their emotions to caregivers mainly through vocalizations. Research has shown that maternal oxytocin levels relate to adaptive parenting; however, little empirical research exists regarding the effects of endogenous oxytocin levels on maternal responses to infant vocalizations. Thus, in this study, we examined the relationship between mothers' salivary oxytocin levels, subjective feelings, and behavioral response to infants' emotional vocalizations. Additionally, we examined the relationship between psychological traits and maternal behavioral responses to infant vocalizations. In this study, 39 mothers were asked to stand on a balance board while listening to infant vocalization stimuli, to measure movements of their center of pressure, an index of approach-avoidance b

SUBMITTER: Hiraoka D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9216626 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature