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Record W4252590175 · doi:10.22215/etd/2016-11454

Oxytocin, Social Interactions and Coping: Implications for Depression

2016· dissertation· en· W4252590175 on OpenAlexaff
Opal McInnis

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typedissertation
Languageen
FieldPsychology
TopicNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Canadian institutionsCarleton University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsOxytocin receptorPsychologyOxytocinProsocial behaviorEmpathyDevelopmental psychologyCoping (psychology)Clinical psychologySocial psychologyNeuroscience

Abstract

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Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that has been implicated in a range of social behaviors, such as attachment, trust, and empathy.Additionally, it has been suggested that through its promotion of prosocial behaviors, oxytocin might contribute to mental health outcomes.Chapter 1 described research indicating that oxytocin interacts with several neuroendocrine, neurotransmitter, and inflammatory processes that are linked to depressive disorders.Moreover, it was suggested that oxytocin might not always be beneficial, but instead serves to increase the salience of social cues, such that positive or negative experiences result in greater responses, thereby influencing affective states.In Study 1 (N=225), unsupportive social interactions were related to higher depressive symptoms through greater emotion-and lower problem-focused coping, but these relations were stronger among individuals that carried a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR).In essence, individuals with a genetic variant thought to be linked to lower oxytocin endorsed potentially less advantageous coping methods.Study 2 (N=476) similarly revealed that unsupportive relations were associated with negative affective states, and this association was stronger among those with the OXTR SNP, as well as those with an oxytocin-related genetic variant on a gene involved in the regulation of oxytocin release (CD38).Study 3 (N=128) revealed that these genetic variants were related to altered reactions to experimentally manipulated social ostracism.In contrast to the previous studies that linked lower oxytocin functioning to negative outcomes, in the context of social ostracism, individuals with the OXTR allele thought to be tied to greater oxytocin functioning, were more psychosocially and physiologically reactive to social rejection.This finding is consistent iii with a social sensitivity perspective of oxytocin.A social sensitivity effect was not as apparent when examining relations between the CD38 gene and responses to ostracism.Finally, Study 4 (N=67) revealed that endogenous levels of oxytocin were related to coping strategies in response to a psychosocial stressor, and the strategies endorsed varied as a function of whether individuals had support present or not.These findings highlight the potential influence of oxytocin on stress-related coping processes, which could in turn affect vulnerability to mood outcomes.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.012

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.062
GPT teacher head0.452
Teacher spread0.390 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreOther

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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