title: [Meaning of becoming mother and son/daughter through massage].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Revealing the experience of mothers when massaging their children to know the phenomenon in the context of a mother-child healthy development.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach carried out with 11 women who massaged their children and answered the guiding question: What did the experience of massaging your child mean to you?
  
  
  RESULTS
  The experience of massaging their children meant the development of their being a mother and of being a son/daughter, in addition to developing the attachment relationship between them. The massage can operationalize this integrality, become a tool of communication, stimulation and promotion of secure attachment, by promoting the loving interaction between mother and child.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This practice should be considered as an option in the programs that promote the comprehensive health of the mother and child.
authors: School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, fmarquez@uc.cl.
authors: Francisca
authors: F
authors: Márquez Doren
authors: School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors: Camila
authors: C
authors: Lucchini Raies
authors: School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors: Soledad
authors: S
authors: Rivera Martínez
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009679:Nuclear Family; D009769:Object Attachment