Oxytocin Response Following Playful Mother-Child Interaction in Survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children who are exposed to natural disasters are at greater risk of developing mental and behavior problems. Prior studies have suggested that positive parenting practices could prevent child mental and behavior problems among those who were exposed to natural disasters. Parent-child interaction increases oxytocin level in parents and infants; however, studies assessing the change in oxytocin level after positive parent-child interaction and its effect on child behavior problems among preadolescents who were exposed to natural disasters are lacking. This study investigated whether playful interaction stimulated oxytocin levels in 34 mother-child dyads who experienced the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the effect of th

SUBMITTER: Nawa N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7283446 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature