A 2022 study found that women who hugged their romantic partners before a stressful event were more resilient to stress.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by original peer-reviewed PLOS ONE study (Berretz et al., 2022) and corroborated by multiple independent reputable secondary sources (CNN, ScienceDaily, Psychology Today). [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | tier=silver indep_score=0.988 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable] [auto_resolver_v1_8 run=bf0b3418] promoting ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (Tier A) as primary | LLM: The 2022 study found that women who embraced their romantic partner before acute stress had a reduced cortisol response compared with controls.
Sources
- Why You Should Get (and Give) More Hugs - Healthline (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9116618/ (corroboration)
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0266887 (corroboration)
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/health/hugs-stress-study-wellness (corroboration)
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202206/the-surprising-way-good-hug-relieves-stress (corroboration)