Receiving a hug is associated with the attenuation of negative mood that occurs on days with interpersonal conflict
Fig 1
Interaction between hug receipt and conflict in predicting same day negative affect.
There was a significant interaction between experiencing conflict and receiving a hug in predicting same day negative affect. When individuals reported conflict without a hug they had higher concurrent negative affect than when they had also received a hug. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals for the mean predicted same day negative affect values.