Individual Shantala Infant Massage
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PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS
A promising accessible and preventive intervention targeting parenting and stress in vulnerable parents is “The ultimate goal of the intervention is to foster a secure attachment relationship between parent and child by 1) increasing parental sensitive responsiveness, 2) increasing parenting confidence, and 3) reducing (effects of) stress, by improving stress coping and reducing experienced parenting stress of the parent, reducing stress and fussiness in the infant and reducing physiological stress in both the parent and the infant. The goals of the intervention are presented in Fig. Overview of the intervention goals of Individual Shantala Infant Massage. Adapted from the intervention description of Individual Shantala Infant Massage on the website of the Dutch registry of health interventions [