Fathers Today: The Role of Hormones in Father's Sensitive and Protective Parenting
Recruiting
- Conditions
- hormones, fathers, parenting, neuroimaging
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25106
- Lead Sponsor
- ERC (Horizon 2020), Spinoza (NWO)
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 55
Inclusion Criteria
Fathers having their first baby, child’s age = 2-7 months; living in the same house as their partner and the baby. Both parents must have parental authority.
Exclusion Criteria
History of or current neurological disorders, endocrine diseases, psychiatric disorders, cardiovascular diseases, use of psychoactive medications, nose injuries and disorders, or magnetic resonance imaging contraindications.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome:<br><br>We will examine the effects of oxytocin and vasopressin administration on quality of infant-father interactions, protective paternal behaviors, and use of handgrip force when fathers listen to infant cry sounds
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome:<br><br>We will examine the effects of oxytocin and vasopressin administration on the neural processing of infant cry sounds and threat to the infant. <br><br>Tertiary outcome: <br><br>We will examine the moderating effects of fathers’ early childhood experiences.