Body Aware: Adolescents' and Young Adults' Lived Experiences of Body Awareness.

ABSTRACT: Paying attention to body sensations has been associated with many positive outcomes such as increased subjective well-being, enhanced emotion regulation, and reduced symptom reports. Furthermore, body awareness has an important therapeutic utility in the treatment of various psychological ailments. Despite its importance in mental health, there is very little research on body awareness during adolescence and young adulthood - important developmental periods characterized by bodily changes and the development of one's relationship to one's body. Therefore, the present qualitative study sought to explore how body awareness is understood, experienced, and described by adolescents and young adults. Four online focus groups were conducted with young people between the ages of 14 and 24 (N

SUBMITTER: Perez-Pena M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11328682 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature