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Aggressive adolescents benefit from massage therapy.
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Teen AnxietyAdolescent Behavioral HealthMental HealthAdolescencePsychologySocial SciencesAdolescent MedicineClinical PsychologyRelaxation Therapy GroupPsychiatryAdolescent PsychologyRehabilitationBehavior TherapyIndividual TherapyCognitive Behavioral InterventionMindfulnessAnxiety DisordersAdolescent Primary CareMassage TherapyMedicineSeventeen Aggressive AdolescentsAggressionPsychopathologyMassage Therapy Group
Seventeen aggressive adolescents were randomly assigned to a massage therapy group or a relaxation therapy group to receive 20-minute therapy sessions, twice a week for five weeks. The massaged adolescents had lower anxiety after the first and last sessions. By the end of the study, they also reported feeling less hostile and they were perceived by their parents as being less aggressive. Significant differences were not found for the adolescents who were assigned to the relaxation group.