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Nov 11, 2021 7 min

Bear Hugs

from Bear With Us (BPG)

What if we told you there is one very simple and effective way to make you feel much better right in the moment? Bear With Us is a podcast led by UC Berkeley's Berkeley Psychology Group (BPG), where we engage in supportive and mindful dialogue about psychology and mental health. Submit Anonymous letter submissions here: tinyurl.com/bpgbearwithus Reach out to us at [email protected] Thank you for listening to our podcast! Clipman, J.M. (1999, March). A hug a day keeps the blues away: The effect of daily hugs on subjective well-being in college students. Paper presented at the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston. Murphy, Michael & Janicki-Deverts, Denise & Cohen, Sheldon. (2018). Receiving a hug is associated with the attenuation of negative mood that occurs on days with interpersonal conflict. PLoS ONE. 13. e0203522. 10.1371/journal.pone.0203522.

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