The OXTR rs53576 impacts moral permissibility of attempted but failed harms in populations of students and prisoners

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Previous research has highlighted the roles of oxytocin in empathy and altruistic behaviors. Based on these findings, recent studies have examined the association between the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and outcome-based moral judgment with sacrificial dilemmas (e.g. runaway trolley case). However, little is known about the relationships between OXTR polymorphisms and intent-based moral judgment of harms (e.g. attempted but failed harm or intentionally committed harm). This study investigated the association between the OXTR rs53576 and intent-based moral judgment in college students (N = 544) and prisoners (N = 540). Results indicated that both students and prisoners with the GG genotype of OXTR rs53576 rated attempted but failed harm as less permissible than those with the AA and AG genotypes. These findings highlight the role of the OXTR gene in intent-based moral judgment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Social cognitive and affective neuroscience - 17(2022), 10 vom: 03. Okt., Seite 923-928

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

He, Linlin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jinting [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Yuhe [VerfasserIn]
Leng, Junhui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Quanhe [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Cuimei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Wenxuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jieting [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Pingyuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

50-56-6
Accidentally committed harm
Attempted but failed harm
Intentionally committed harm
Journal Article
Moral judgment
OXTR protein, human
Oxytocin
Oxytocin receptor gene
Receptors, Oxytocin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 04.10.2022

Date Revised 16.11.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/scan/nsac015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338060286