Oxytocin Effects on the Tolerance of Infidelity
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 160
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- attitude towards fidelity and infidelity of potential mate.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
To investigate whether intranasal oxytocin (40 IU) treatment can influence the tolerance of infidelity in males and females.
Detailed Description
In a double-blind, between-subject, placebo controlled design, investigators plan to investigate the effect of oxytocin treatment on the tolerance of infidelity. Male and female subjects would firstly see a neutral face of the opposite sex presented with a sentence descried their fidelity or infidelity behavior (sexual or emotional) in a relationship. Next the participant will rate the attractiveness, likability and trustworthiness of each individual, and whether they would like to have a short/long relationship with him/her. After that there will be some implicit attitude tasks to test their implicit attitude towards potential partners exhibiting previous fidelity or and infidelity.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Basic Science
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 19 Years to 28 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthy subjects without past or current psychiatric or neurological disorders
Exclusion Criteria
- •history of head injury;
- •pregnant,menstruating,taking oral contraceptives
- •medical or psychiatric illness.
Arms & Interventions
male oxytocin group
male subjects with oxytocin treatment
Intervention: oxytocin treatment (Drug)
female oxytocin group
female subjects with oxytocin treatment
Intervention: oxytocin treatment (Drug)
male placebo group
male subjects with placebo treatment
Intervention: placebo treatment (Drug)
female placebo group
female subjects with placebo treatment
Intervention: placebo treatment (Drug)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
attitude towards fidelity and infidelity of potential mate.
Time Frame: 1 hour
attitude is measured by the rating scores for likability, attractiveness and trustworthiness
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Keith Kendrick
Professor
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China