Influence of Oxytocin on Romantic Jealousy

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sexual Infidelity; Jealousy; Emotional Infidelity

Treatments: Behavioral: Emotional Infidelity Condition; Behavioral: Sexual Infidelity Condition; Behavioral: Player in Non-Jealousy Condition; Behavioral: Player in Jealousy Condition; Behavioral: Neutral Condition

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03067805

UESTC-neuSCAN-12

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

---

140 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Oxytocin

Experimental group

Description:

Oxytocin nasal spray

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sexual Infidelity Condition

Behavioral: Player in Non-Jealousy Condition

Behavioral: Player in Jealousy Condition

Behavioral: Emotional Infidelity Condition

Behavioral: Neutral Condition

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Placebo nasal spray

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sexual Infidelity Condition

Behavioral: Player in Non-Jealousy Condition

Behavioral: Player in Jealousy Condition

Behavioral: Emotional Infidelity Condition

Behavioral: Neutral Condition