Touch for Socioemotional and Physical Well-Being: A Review

Sample

• N: Not available
• Search Method: Not available
• Inclusion Criteria: Studies published between 2001 and date of publication

Objectives

1. To review:

• The role of touch in early development, including the effects of touch deprivation and touch aversion and the effects of touch on communication, emotions and personal relationships;
• The physiological and biochemical effects of touch;
• Massage therapy effects on various conditions including, prematurity, pain, attentiveness, depression and immune function;
• Virtual reality touch.

Design—Descriptive literature review