TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of sexual abuse are lessened by massage therapy
AU - Field, Tiffany
AU - Hernandez-Reif, Maria
AU - Hart, sybil
AU - Quintino, Olga
AU - Drose, Levelle A.
AU - Field, Tory
AU - Kuhn, Cynthia
AU - Schanberg, Saul
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the patients and parents who participated in this study. This research was supported by an NIMH Research Scientist Award (#MH00331) and an NIMH Research Grant (#MH46586) to Tiffany Field and funds from Johnson and Johnson.
PY - 1997/1
Y1 - 1997/1
N2 - Women (mean age = 35 years) who had experienced sexual abuse, were given a 30-minute massage twice a week for 1 month. Immediately after the massage the women reported being less depressed and less anxious and their salivary cortisol levels decreased following the session. Over the 1-month treatment period the massage therapy group experienced a decrease in depression and in life event stress. Although the relaxation therapy control group also reported a decrease in anxiety and depression, their stress hormones did not change, and they reported an increasingly negative attitude toward touch.
AB - Women (mean age = 35 years) who had experienced sexual abuse, were given a 30-minute massage twice a week for 1 month. Immediately after the massage the women reported being less depressed and less anxious and their salivary cortisol levels decreased following the session. Over the 1-month treatment period the massage therapy group experienced a decrease in depression and in life event stress. Although the relaxation therapy control group also reported a decrease in anxiety and depression, their stress hormones did not change, and they reported an increasingly negative attitude toward touch.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1360-8592(97)80002-2
DO - 10.1016/S1360-8592(97)80002-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0011028979
VL - 1
SP - 65
EP - 69
JO - Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
JF - Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
SN - 1360-8592
IS - 2
ER -