Experimental data exploring the effects of intranasal oxytocin on young adult social preference and attachment to romantic partners, parents, friends, and strangers

Experimental data exploring the effects of intranasal oxytocin on young adult social preference and attachment to romantic partners, parents, friends, and strangers

Experimental studies exploring the effects of intranasal oxytocin are typically underpowered due to small samples. Open access to experimental data and procedures and the use of previously employed measures is critical to building more robust and replicable findings, especially in less studied areas...

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Published in:Data in brief Vol. 42; p. 108283
Main Authors: Freeman, Harry, Scholl, Jamie L., AnisAbdellatif, Musheera, Forster, Gina L., Jacob, Suma, Kaflay, Sabi, Bam, Rajeev, Do, Tuyen, Gnimpieba, Etienne Z.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01-06-2022
Elsevier
Subjects:
Attachment formation
Attachment networks
Data
Life history
Mate selection
Oxytocin
Romantic relationships
Social networks
Social selection
Attachment networks
Life history
Oxytocin
Romantic relationships
Social networks
Mate selection
Attachment formation
Social selection
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Summary:Experimental studies exploring the effects of intranasal oxytocin are typically underpowered due to small samples. Open access to experimental data and procedures and the use of previously employed measures is critical to building more robust and replicable findings, especially in less studied areas of oxytocin research. In this paper, data is provided from a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study exploring the effects of intranasal oxytocin (INOT: 24 IU) on social preference to romantic partners, parents, peers, and strangers. Young adults (N = 44; 91% female) in committed dating relationships completed three phases of data collection including a screening survey followed by two cmd kwdnextpage ?>laboratory visits. In addition to romantic partner-, and stranger attraction ratings, the data is the first to provide comparisons between attachment and social preference ratings to parents, close friends, and romantic partners under placebo and INOT conditions. The data also include differences by situational and life history factors known to moderate oxytocin effects. The detailed protocol, and dataflow can be accessed to verify the analysis and findings or to conduct a replication study. The standardized experimental design and common INOT protocol add to the capacity for a meta-analysis exploring oxytocin effects on partner preference and may also be directly ported to existing or future studies with related questions to increase sample size and power.
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ISSN:2352-3409
2352-3409
DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108283