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During caregiver interactions, infants in the No Touch condition (light blue bar) displayed higher internalizing stress composite scores (scratching, time in contact with surrogate [a comfort object], and time moving around [locomotion]), compared to either of the touch groups (dark blue bars), *ps < .05, suggesting touch may reduce infants’ stress levels. Error bars reflect standard error of the mean.
