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Loneliness Haunts Us Even in Our Dreams, New Psychology Research Suggests

- PsyPost
August 8, 2024

Exploring Healthy Communication's Impact on Family Functioning

- All Together: The Family Science Insights Podcast
June 20, 2024

Overcoming Instructor Burnout

- Communication Corner Podcast, McGraw Hill Higher Education
April 11, 2024

If Being Alone Gives You the Ick, Try These 5 Tips

- Mental
October 10, 2023

Are Hugs the New Steps?

- Oprah Daily
September 15, 2023

Why it May Be Better to Give Than to Receive This Valentine's Day

- UA News
February 8, 2023

Simple Steps for Managing Holiday Loneliness

- The New York Times
December 20, 2022

More Than Just Caffeine: The Benefits of a Coffee Group

- Next Avenue
May 27, 2022

COVID-19 Stress May Affect Your Physical Well-Being

- ABC News
December 31, 2021

Affection With Dr. Kory Floyd (audio)

- Luvbites by Dr. Tara
December 7, 2021

How We Communicate Our Need for Affection

- Communication Matters, Psychology Today
November 29, 2021

You Really Do Need a Hug (audio)

- BYU Radio, Top of Mind with Julie Rose
October 4, 2021

Why We Missed Hugs

- The Conversation
August 16, 2021

What Is “Skin Hunger”?

- Swell
January 19, 2021

Expert Advice on How to Deal with Loneliness and Isolation During Quarantine (video)

- Good Morning America
November 29, 2020

Lack of Affection in Pandemic Leaving Many People Missing Human Touch (video)

- ABC15 Arizona
July 13, 2020

The Heritability of Affection and “Skin Hunger” in COVID-19 Times

- Technology Networks
June 24, 2020

Are You a Hugger? It Might Be Hereditary

- UA News
June 23, 2020

Has a Lack of Touch Impacted Our Desires?

- Canvas8
June 19, 2020

People Are Starving for Physical Touch Amid Social Distancing During the Coronavirus Pandemic - and It’s Taking a Toll on Their Physical and Mental Health

- Daily Mail
June 9, 2020

People Are Experiencing ‘Skin Hunger’ After Months Without Touching Anyone

- Business Insider
June 9, 2020

Can We Still Be Friends? Coronavirus Means Working at Formerly Easy Relationships

- All Things Considered, NPR
May 28, 2020

Skin Hunger: Why We’re Craving Touch and How to Cope During the Coronavirus Pandemic (video)

- The Washington Post
May 22, 2020

I Desperately Miss Human Touch. Science May Explain Why

- The Guardian
May 21, 2020

8 Ways to Get Through the Pandemic With Your Relationship Intact

- Sharecare
May 14, 2020

Affection Deprivation: What Happens to Our Bodies When We Go Without Touch?

- The Independent
May 8, 2020

What Happens When We Don’t Touch

- The Coronavirus Chronicles: New York in the Time of Pandemic
May 6, 2020

Singles Post Flyers Looking for Love in a Pandemic: ‘I Don’t Want to Wait for a Vaccine to Date Again’

- Yahoo Life
April 14, 2020

How to Maintain Relationships in Self-Isolation

- BBC
April 14, 2020

Use the ‘Communication Hierarchy’ to Keep Long-Distance Friendships (Aka, All Friendships Right Now) Strong

- Well+Good
April 11, 2020

16 Things to Do When You’re Feeling Lonely, According to Experts

- Good Housekeeping
February 3, 2020

How Can Feeling Lonely All The Time Impact Healthy Aging? (video)

- Sixty and Me
February 24, 2019

I’m Usually a Lonely Jew on Christmas. Last Year, I Found Community on Twitter.

- The Washington Post
December 24, 2018

Feelings of Loneliness Can Increase Around the Holidays, Professor Says

- Arizona Public Media, NPR
December 21, 2018

What You Can Do to Stop Feeling Lonely During the Holiday Season

- Thrive Global
November 19, 2018

Comfort a Friend Facing a Lonely Holiday

- #OptionBThere
November 2018

What Makes It So Hard To Tell Your Dad “I Love You”?

- ShortList
June 16, 2018

When It Comes to Dating, What Does the Social Science Say About ‘The Hot Streak’ and ‘The Dry Spell’?

- MEL Magazine
April 6, 2018

The Plus Factor: How’s Your Social Life? (and Why That Question Is Critical to Your Health)

- Well+Good
March 5, 2018

Writing a Love Letter Can Improve Your Health and Lower Stress Levels

- Good Morning Arizona
February 14, 2018

How to Write a Love Letter for Valentine's Day (or Any Other Day) and Why It's Good for You

- AZ Central
February 9, 2018

UA Professor Studying the Science of Affection

- Tucson Local Media
February 7, 2018

Study Finds Hugs Have Positive Effects on Relationships and Emotion Disorders

- Psych Central
December 24, 2017

The Power of Touch, Especially for Men

- The New York Times
December 5, 2017

The Understated Affection of Fathers

- The Academic Minute
September 22, 2017

A Father's Affection (audio)

- Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge
June 16, 2017

The Understated Affection of Fathers

- The Conversation
June 12, 2017

5 Rituals to Reconnect in Your Relationship

- The Gottman Institute
June 2, 2017

Embracing the Bro Hug (video)

- CBS Sunday Morning
February 12, 2017

Hugging at the Office? (video)

- CBS News
February 12, 2017

Side Hug Etiquette (video)

- CBS News
February 12, 2017

The Rituals in Our Marriage That Keep Us Close

- The Good Men Project
August 26, 2016

Caught in a Bad Bromance? We Should Be Encouraging Man Hugs, Not Mocking Them

- Salon
August 17, 2016

Kory Floyd Talks to Professor Steve Stifano (audio)

- COMMPENDIUM: The Communication Podcast (Univ. of Connecticut)
October 6, 2015

3 Reasons a Kiss Can Make or Break Your Date

- SELF
September 2, 2015

Digital ‘Friends’ No Replacement for the Personal Touch

- Chicago Tribune
September 1, 2015

Books to Help You Have an Awesome Summer

- Foreword Reviews
June 2, 2015

Affectionado Blog

- Psychology Today
August 25, 2013 – March 29, 2015

Humans Kiss to Assess Potential Romantic Partners, Build Intimacy; Oxford Study Finds

- Nature World News
October 11, 2013

The Power of a Hug

- MetroWest Daily News
June 24, 2013

Expressing Love Can Improve Your Health

- Medical Xpress
February 11, 2013

Time to Reach Out and Touch Someone...It's National PDA Day

- ChicagoNow
June 20, 2012

Express Your Affection Through Touch on National PDA Day

- EmpowHER
June 14, 2012

Having Trouble Sharing or Understanding Emotions? Affection Could Help

- ScienceDaily
April 7, 2011

How to Bring Chemistry to Your Marriage

- Global Post