New research investigates a simple strategy to help couples stay calm during conflict: affectionate touch. The study, based on experiments on 140 couples, found that couples behaved more constructively and felt calmer when they were engaged in affectionate touch during conflict.

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New research investigates a simple strategy to help couples stay calm during conflict: affectionate touch. The study, based on experiments on 140 couples, found that couples behaved more constructively and felt calmer when they were engaged in affectionate touch during conflict.