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

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.

OXTR moderates adverse childhood experiences on depressive symptoms among incarcerated males.

Objectives: This study examined the moderation of an oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene in the link between childhood adversity and depressive symptoms among incarcerated males.

Methods: Questionnaires about adverse childhood experiences and depressive symptoms, as well as genomic DNA from blood were collected among 608 incarcerated males (M = 32.4 years, SD = 9.