Influence of Oxytocin on Romantic Jealousy

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China140 enrolled

Overview

The aim is to evoke romantic jealousy between couples and investigate whether oxytocin has effect on it.

In a double-blind, between- subject placebo (PLC) controlled design,investigators plan to test the effect of intranasal oxytocin on romantic jealousy evoked by the Imaginary of Partner's Infidelity Task and Cyberball Game in romantically attached subjects.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

140

Conditions

Sexual Infidelity Emotional Infidelity Jealousy

Interventions

Sexual Infidelity ConditionBEHAVIORAL

Emotional Infidelity ConditionBEHAVIORAL

Neutral ConditionBEHAVIORAL

Player in Jealousy ConditionBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 17 YearsMax age: 30 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * healthy couples in romantic relationship for more than 3 months and have intimate experience with each other before. Exclusion Criteria: * medical or psychiatric illness

Locations (1)

School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Arousal and jealousy ratings as assessed by Likert Scales

Oxytocin effect on arousal and jealousy on sexual and emotional infidelity sentences

Time frame: 145 Minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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