• DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.113.137513
Corpus ID: 17837988

Parent–child interaction and oxytocin production in pre-schoolers with autism spectrum disorder

@article{Feldman2014ParentchildIA,
  title={Parent–child interaction and oxytocin production in pre-schoolers with autism spectrum disorder},
  author={R. Feldman and O. Golan and Yael Hirschler-Guttenberg and Sharon Ostfeld-Etzion and O. Zagoory-Sharon},
  journal={British Journal of Psychiatry},
  year={2014},
  volume={205},
  pages={107 - 112}
}

R. Feldman, O. Golan, +2 authors O. Zagoory-Sharon

Published 2014

Psychology, Medicine

British Journal of Psychiatry

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with genetic risk on the oxytocin system, suggesting oxytocin involvement in ASD; yet oxytocin functioning in young children with ASD is unknown. Aims To assess baseline oxytocin in pre-schoolers with ASD and test whether oxytocin production may be enhanced by parent–child contact. Method Forty pre-schoolers with high-functioning ASD were matched with 40 typically developing controls. Two home visits included an identical 45-minute social… CONTINUE READING

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