Relationship Variables
Situational Variables
Stress Regulation
Helping Behavior
Individual Differences Variables
HYPOTHALAMUS
as the motivational
command center
OXYTOCIN OXYTOCIN
as a modulator
release of PROGESTERONE to reduce fear and focus on own needs DISRUPTION of Amygdala outputs to disrupt avoidance motivation
mPOA
HYPOTHALAMUS as the motivational command center: PHYSIOLOGICAL HOMEOSTASIS OXYTOCIN as a modulator: VAGAL TONE, LARGESCALE EFFECTS ON INFLAMMTORY RESPONSE, STRESS-REGULATION, CELLULAR OXYTOCIN release of PROGESTERONE to reduce fear and focus on own needs: REGULATION OF IMMUNE SYSTEM, NEUROPROTECTION, STRESSREGULATION, ANTIDEPRESSENT mPOA DISRUPTION of Amygdala outputs to disrupt avoidance motivation: STRESS-REGULATION
Stress, Aging
Cancer
Progesterone
reduces exposure to IL-6, and both OT and P act to prevent inflammation stimulates anti-oxidant properties of the immune system
Progesterone
Prosocial behavior and mortality risk (Brown et al., 2003) Volunteering and mortality risk (Okun et al., 2013) Caregiving and mortality risk (Brown et al., 2009) Parental status and mortality risk (Agerbo, 2012) Stress effects on mortality eliminated by prosocial behavior (Poulin et al., 2010) Mortality benefits of volunteering mediated by prosocial behavior (Konrath, et al., 2012).