OXT and Anxiety: Studies focusing on intraperitoneal oxytocin injection reinforced inconsistent findings displayed in earlier data according to dose and measured outcome variable, and further highlighted that in the short-term, oxytocin administration may lead to a decrease in positive social behaviors (Suraev et al., 2014), whilst in the long term contribute to heightened social interaction and diminished display of anxiety (Bowen et al., 2011) (see Table 1).