OXT and Anxiety: However, it is not possible to conclude from our data whether the oxytocin levels are in fact a consequence or a cause of the anxiety measured by the scale of the ECR, although, in line with the majority of available findings showing in animals anxiolytic-like properties for oxytocin [33-35], we would suggest tentatively that the former might be the case, and that oxytocin might serve to help to counteract anxiety – or, at least, that form of anxious stress associated with romantic attachment and deep concern over its continuance [11,19,21,36].