When touch matters: An affective tactile intervention for older adults

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 722-724

  Mammarella, Nicola ^a   Fairfield, Beth ^a   Di Domenico, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion; Intervention; Touch

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOUCH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ITALY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOUCH;

EID: 84866768416     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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