A study of intimacy massage on promoting sleep effect in young children

• Main Authors: CHEN HSUEH YUN, 陳雪雲
• Other Authors: 楊明磊
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84891414709594091977

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 兒童與家庭學系碩士班 === 98 === The goal of the study is to understand the effects of intimate massage in typically developing children in relation to sleep promotion. The participants in this study include ten young children in kindergartens located in the Taipei area. In the teacher’s group, six children were massaged by teachers before nap time (more than half an hour), while the others were massaged by the parents at bedtime in the parental group. The A-B-A-B withdrawal design of single-subject research was adopted to obtain the research data. The independent variable of the study was intimate massage, and the dependent variable was sleeping promotion. The performance data was collected by the researcher during the five phases—the baseline (A1), intervention (B1), generalization (A2), intervention (B2), maintenance (A3). Each phase lasted for two weeks. An XY line chart was created to plot the data points and the data was analyzed through the visual analysis method and time-series C statistics. The results of the study are as follows: 1. In the teacher’s group, the duration of promoting sleep was significantly shortened after the six children had been massaged for around ten minutes. 2. In the parental group, after intimate massage, two of the children exhibited a marked improvement in sleep promotion. 3. However, there are some negative influences on sleep promotion. Such as: Anxiety or overexcitement A big change in life Over independence Lying on the back while sleeping Sensitivity to being touched 4. The maintenance effects of intimate massage on five of the children were secured in this study. Based on the above results of the study, further discussion and research is recommended. Key word：Intimate Massage、Young Children、single-subject research、Sleep-Promoting Effects