The Association of Embracing with Daily Mood and General Life Satisfaction: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.

ABSTRACT: Embracing has several positive health effects, such as lowering blood pressure and decreasing infection risk. However, its association with general life satisfaction and daily mood has not been researched in detail. Here, we used a smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) approach to monitor the daily number of embraces and daily mood in a sample of 94 adults over the course of seven days. We found that embracing frequency differed slightly over the week, with embracing occurring more frequently on weekends than on weekdays. We also found that higher daily embracing frequencies were associated with better daily mood using multilevel modeling. Only singles benefitted from increases in average embracing regarding their life satisfaction, whereas individuals in a relationship we

SUBMITTER: Packheiser J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362016 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature