介绍： This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Lucy Huang.
When a friend comes to you after a stressful day, how do you comfort them? Do you let them rant? Do you pour them a glass of wine? Those could work. But a new study finds that a very effective technique is also simple and easy. "Hugging."
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介绍： This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Lucy Huang.
When a friend comes to you after a stressful day, how do you comfort them? Do you let them rant? Do you pour them a glass of wine? Those could work. But a new study finds that a very effective technique is also simple and easy. "Hugging."
Michael Murphy is a psychology postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He wanted to know if people who received hugs regularly could handle stress and conflict better. "Individuals who report perceiving the availability of a network of supportive individuals tend to show better adaptation when faced with stress."
But just because you have a support network does not mean that you definitely feel that support.
"So some researchers have argued that many of the behaviors we use to support others who are stressed might actually be counterproductive because these behaviors might unintentionally communicate to others that they're not competent to manage stress."

这里是科学美国人——60秒科学系列，我是露西·黄。
当朋友在经历了充满压力的一天后来找你时，你会如何安慰他们？你会让他们大声抱怨吗？还是会给他们倒杯红酒？这些方法可能有用。但一项新研究发现了一种非常有效而且简单易行的方法：“拥抱”。
迈克尔·墨菲是匹兹堡卡内基梅隆大学的心理学博士后。他想知道，经常获得拥抱的人是否能更好地处理压力和冲突。“在面临压力时，那些报告自已可获得支持者网络的人，往往会表现出更好的适应能力。”
但是，仅仅因为你拥有支持者网络，并不意味着你一定能感受到支持。
“一些研究人员认为，我们用来支持受压者的许多行为实际上可能会适得其反，因为这些行为可能会在无意中向其他人传递出这样一种信息：他们没有能力调节压力。”