2020
Risk factors for obsessive–compulsive symptoms. Follow-up of a community-based youth cohort
Macul Ferreira de Barros P, do Rosário MC, Szejko N, Polga N, Requena GL, Ravagnani B, Fatori D, Batistuzzo MC, Hoexter MQ, Rohde LA, Polanczyk GV, Leckman JF, Miguel EC, de Alvarenga PG. Risk factors for obsessive–compulsive symptoms. Follow-up of a community-based youth cohort. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2020, 30: 89-104. PMID: 32076869, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-020-01495-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive symptomsRisk factorsAbsence of breastfeedingOCS scoresBaseline anxiety disordersPotential risk factorsLarge community cohortLow socioeconomic statusRegression analysisMental health assessmentMaternal stress levelsLower intelligence quotientCommunity cohortChildhood adversityLower ageHigher OCS scoresAnxiety disordersPsychopathological factorsSocioeconomic statusGenetic factorsSignificant predictorsBaselineHealth assessmentScoresAge
2008
Oxytocin and cortisol in romantically unattached young adults: Associations with bonding and psychological distress
Gordon I, Zagoory‐Sharon O, Schneiderman I, Leckman JF, Weller A, Feldman R. Oxytocin and cortisol in romantically unattached young adults: Associations with bonding and psychological distress. Psychophysiology 2008, 45: 349-352. PMID: 18266803, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00649.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological distressHuman social affiliationSelf-report measuresYoung adultsInvolvement of oxytocinAttachment anxietyAdult representationsSocial affiliationOwn parentsSalivary cortisolPlasma oxytocinOT levelsDistressDepressive symptomsAnxietyOxytocinParentsAdultsCognitionRegression analysisLife spanRepresentationAttachmentCortisolExtensive research