[Tactile communication within the father-mother-baby triad]

Abstract

This literature review focuses on tactile interactions between parents and their infants. Research on the dyad has explored both cultural differences in touch and the relationship between touch style and hormonal secretion in both parents. The few studies that have examined this communicative modality within the triad have investigated the frequency and type of parent-infant touch, as well as the effect of skin-to-skin contact on tactile interactions at three months postpartum.

Keywords: cultural difference; différence culturelle; hormone secretion; interaction tactile; literature review; mother-father-baby triad; revue de littérature; sécrétion hormonale; tactile interaction; triade mère-père-bébé.