Research results that stress is alleviated by hugging someone, but limited to agreement

In Japan, hugs (hugs) do not have a culture to do on a daily basis, but overseas is an important body language to convey friendship, love and intimacy. Research results have been reported that such hugs have the effect of reducing stress and conflict.

Receiving a hug is associated with the attenuation of negative mood that occurs on days with interpersonal conflict
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0203522

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A research team led by Michael Murphy, a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University, asked 404 males and females to check "whether hugged people can better handle stress and conflict, every night for two weeks We conducted an interview survey.

In this interview, I asked "Yesterday if I experienced conflicts and stress with someone today" or "Whether I hugged with someone today" by two choices of Yes / No. In addition, I also asked questions such as whether I had taken actions with someone else, such as meals and movies, and how I felt at that time.

As a result, it turned out that those who answered that they experienced stress and conflict did not receive any negative influence from those who hugged than those who did not hug. In addition, although it was found that there were many times that females hug more than men, and at the same time experienced conflicts and stresses at the same time, according to the research team, the sex difference is seen in the magnitude of stress reduction effect by hug It was said that I could not.

In addition, those who accepted hugs did not carry over the negative influence the next day, and those who did not accept huggs on the contrary also got the result that negative influence was seen in the mental state of the next day.

Murphy said: "The results of this survey do not indicate that people should hug people suffering, it is not an agreement to be hugged from workplace bosses and strangers, It is not a positive thing. "