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Touch attenuates infants' physiological reactivity to stress

Feldman, Ruth, Singer, Magi, Zagoory, Orna·2010·Developmental Science

DOI 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00890.x

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Animal studies demonstrate that maternal touch and contact regulate infant stress, and handling during periods of maternal deprivation attenuates the stress response. To measure the effects of touch on infant stress reactivity during simulated maternal deprivation, 53 dyads were tested in two paradigms: still‐face (SF) and still‐face with maternal touch (SF+T). Maternal and infant cortisol levels were sampled at baseline, reactivity, and recovery and mother’s and infant’s cardiac vagal tone were measured during the free play, still‐face, and reunion episodes of the procedure. Cortisol reactivity was higher among infants in the SF condition and while cortisol decreased at recovery for infants in the SF+T, it further increased for those in the SF. Vagal tone showed a greater suppression when SF was not accompanied by maternal touch. Touch synchrony during free play was associated with higher infant vagal tone, whereas touch myssynchrony – maternal tactile stimulation while the infant gaze averts – correlated with higher maternal and infant cortisol. In humans, as in mammals, the provision of touch during moments of maternal unavailability reduces infants’ physiological reactivity to stress.

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Authors: Feldman, R., Singer, M., & Zagoory, O.
Affiliations: Bar-Ilan University (IL)
Corresponding author: Feldman, Ruth
ORCID: Feldman, Ruth
Venue: Developmental Science
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010-02-02
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Pages: 271-278
ISSN: 1363-755X (ISSN-L)
1467-7687
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00890.x
OpenAlex: W2139703134
Semantic Scholar: ea8d6c7e5f4e38a3c7523178d12ad12d177bdc67
Cited by: 436
References: 38
Citations by year: 2026: 18 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 57 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 17
FWCI: 31.69
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Developmental Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
Israel Science Foundation
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Health and Development
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Keywords: maternal touch, cortisol, vagal tone, still-face paradigm, maternal deprivation, gaze aversion, physiological stress response, mother-infant dyads
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Child Development, Female, Heart, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Infant, Male, Maternal Deprivation, Mother-Child Relations, Saliva, Stress, Psychological, Touch, Vagus Nerve, Infant Behavior, Young Adult

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