Resources
RESEARCH
"Massage Decreases Aggression in Preschool Children: A Long-term Study"
from ACTA Paediatrica Journal; May 2008 ISSN 0803-5253
ARTICLES
Columnist Benedict Carey in The New York Times clarifies how the "rich vocabulary of supportive touch" functions in increasing trust and decreasing stress hormones:
"Evidence That Little Touches Do Mean So Much"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/23mind.html
Columnist Jane Brody in The New York Times talks about fostering empathy in children in various ways including touch:
"Empathy's Natural, but Nurturing It Helps"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/health/16brod.html?ref=science
"Reducing Aggression With Touch" Frances M. Carlson and Bryan G. Nelson
Dimensions (Southern Early Childhood Association) Vol. 34 # 3; Fall 2006
"The Kids Are All Right" from Massage Therapy Journal, Fall 2007,
featuring Peaceful Touch as practiced in a Connecticut preschool
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BOOKS
Essential Touch; Meeting the Needs of Young Children by Frances M. Carlson
(National Association for the Education of Young Children Publications)
Touch (MIT Press) by Tiffany Field
The Oxytocin Factor (Da Capo Press) by Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg