Receiving a hug is associated with the attenuation of negative mood that occurs on days with interpersonal conflict

• Michael L. M. Murphy ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: michaelmurphy@cmu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7776-3186

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• Denise Janicki-Deverts,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Sheldon Cohen

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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