Does stress reduce real-world social interaction?

We used participants’ smartphones to detect how much time they spent in conversation, how much they walked around, and how much they were sleeping, in addition to asking them how stressed they felt each day. We found that across a two-month period, greater stress on a given day predicted less social interaction the next day, even when accounting for overall movement and sleep.

Authors

Alex W. daSilva, Jeremy F. Huckins, Weichen Wang, Rui Wang, Andrew T. Campbell, Meghan L. Meyer

Publication

Emotion

October 4, 2021

Research paper

Does stress reduce real-world social interaction?

October 4, 2021

Research paperPress Release

Authors

Alex W. daSilva, Jeremy F. Huckins, Weichen Wang, Rui Wang, Andrew T. Campbell, Meghan L. Meyer

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