Relationships Between Early Maternal Warmth and Social Connection: A Randomized Clinical Trial With Naltrexone.
Lauren P RossCarmen AndreescuTristen K InagakiPublished in: Psychosomatic medicine (2021)
Results highlight relationships between early maternal warmth and responses to the social world at large and suggest that opioids might contribute to social connection by supporting the buffering effects of warm early life experiences on social connection later in life.Trial Registration: Clinical Trials NCT02818036.