Receiving help can be a “mixed blessing.” Despite the many psychosocial benefits it can
carry, it sometimes has negative psychological consequences, such as loss in self-esteem …

Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide that is attracting growing attention from researchers
interested in human emotional and social behavior. There is indeed increasing evidence …

Oxytocin has been implicated in a variety of prosocial processes but most of this work has
used laboratory tasks (such as the ultimatum game or the dictator game) to evaluate …

Oxytocin promotes prosocial behavior, especially in those individuals who are low in
affiliation (eg, avoidantly attached individuals), but can exacerbate interpersonal insecurities …

The experience of being liked or disliked by others strongly influences our liking for and
willingness to socialize with them. The neuropeptide oxytocin is involved in social bonding …

The neuropeptide oxytocin has been shown to stimulate prosocial behavior. However,
recent studies indicate that adverse early caregiving experiences may moderate the positive …

Social behavior is crucial for day-to-day activities, and oxytocin has emerged as playing a
central regulatory role. Oxytocin increases positive social emotions such as trust and …

Previous research has shown that the neuropeptide oxytocin promotes various prosocial
sentiments, such as trust, generosity and cooperation. Here we investigate whether it plays a …

Caring compassion motivation leads to prosocial behaviors that may contribute to
preventing and alleviating others' suffering. The instrumental support is one of the …

Introduction Recent evidence suggests that oxytocin, a nonapeptide posited to underlie the
affiliation-related “tend-and-befriend” behavioral response to stress (Taylor et al., 2000), may …