Infant massage programs may assist in decreasing parental perceived stress levels in new parents

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 53-68

  Beyer, Kimberly ^a   Strauss, Laura ^a  

^a D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based programming; Infant massage; Occupational therapy; Parent child relationship; Parenting competence; Perceived parental stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MASSAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTION; STRESS;

EID: 0037634039     PISSN: 07380577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J003v16n04_04     Document Type: Article

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