Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is related to psychological resources

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 108; no. 37; pp. 15118 - 15122
• Main Authors: Saphire-Bernstein, Shimon, Way, Baldwin M, Kim, Heejung S, Sherman, David K, Taylor, Shelley E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 13.09.2011; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Alleles; Depression; Depression - genetics; Depressive disorders; Female; Genes; Genetic variation; Genotype; Heritability; homozygosity; Homozygotes; Humans; Male; Mental depression; Mental Processes; Models, Psychological; Optimism; oxytocin; Oxytocin receptors; Physiology; Psychological research; Psychological symptoms; Psychology; Receptors, Oxytocin - genetics; Self esteem; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Social Sciences; Stress; Symptoms; T cell receptors; Young Adult

Psychological resources—optimism, mastery, and self-esteem—buffer the deleterious effects of stress and are predictors of neurophysiological and psychological health-related outcomes. These resources have been shown to be highly heritable, yet the genetic basis for this heritability remains unknown....