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Self-soothing touch and being hugged reduce cortisol responses to stress: A randomized controlled trial on stress, physical touch, and social identity

BACKGROUND: Being touched by others improves stress coping. However, when touch from others is unavailable, feels uncomfortable, or is not considered to be safe (as in the COVID-19 pandemic), self-touch gestures, like placing a hand on the heart, may provide an alternative way to experience less str...

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Autores principales: Dreisoerner, Aljoscha, Junker, Nina M., Schlotz, Wolff, Heimrich, Julia, Bloemeke, Svenja, Ditzen, Beate, van Dick, Rolf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9216399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35757667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100091