Oxytocin, friendship, and dealing with emotions

INTERVENTION: A nasal oxytocin spray containing 24 IU oxytocin (6 puffs) is administered once. This will be compared with a placebo nasal spray (between‐subjects design). CONDITION: Stress reactivity ; ; PRIMARY OUTCOME: 1) stress reactivity (self‐report, cortisol, physiological reactivity) during social stress ; ; 2) stress reactivity (self‐report, cortisol, physiological reactivity) during physical stress; ; 3) Interpersonal distance between participant and virtual persons with varying emotional facial expressions in a Virtual Reality Paradigm.; ; ; ; SECONDARY OUTCOME: The moderating roles of attachment style, parenting style and autonomy‐connectedness on the effects of oxytocin and social support on stress will be examined. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Female, age 18‐30 years, without children