TY - JOUR
T1 - Preschool children's sleep and wake behavior
T2 - Effects of massage therapy
AU - Field, Tiffany
AU - Kilmer, Tracy
AU - Hernandez-Reif, Maria
AU - Burman, Iris
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank die children and parents who participated in this study, as well as the teachers and staff of TRI Preschool, and die massage therapists from Educating Hands. This research was supported by a research grant from Johnson and Johnson to Tiffany Field. Reprint requests can be sent to Tiffany Field, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016821, Miami, FL 33101.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Preschool children received 20-minute massages twice a week for five weeks. The massaged children as compared to children in the wait-list control group had better behavior ratings on state, vocalization, activity and cooperation after the massage sessions on the first and last days of the study. Their behavior was also rated more optimally by their teachers by the end of the study. Also, at the end of the 5 week period parents of the massaged children rated their children as having less touch aversion and being more extraverted. Finally, the massaged children had a shorter latency to naptime sleep by the end of the study.
AB - Preschool children received 20-minute massages twice a week for five weeks. The massaged children as compared to children in the wait-list control group had better behavior ratings on state, vocalization, activity and cooperation after the massage sessions on the first and last days of the study. Their behavior was also rated more optimally by their teachers by the end of the study. Also, at the end of the 5 week period parents of the massaged children rated their children as having less touch aversion and being more extraverted. Finally, the massaged children had a shorter latency to naptime sleep by the end of the study.
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U2 - 10.1080/0300443961200104
DO - 10.1080/0300443961200104
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0002394902
VL - 120
SP - 39
EP - 44
JO - Early Child Development and Care
JF - Early Child Development and Care
SN - 0300-4430
IS - 1
ER -