Bodily awareness: Religious culture's associations with interoceptive sensibility.

ABSTRACT: Religions, as cultural systems, influence how people view and attune to their body. This research explores whether individual differences in various dimensions of religiosity are associated with interoceptive sensibility (IS), i.e., one's perceived ability to detect and interpret bodily signals. In Study 1, Christians, Muslims, and Hindus (N = 1570) reported their religiosity and completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, a well-validated measure of IS. Results show that religious identity moderates the relationship between the centrality of religion in one's life and IS such that the association is positive and medium for Christians, large for Muslims and Hindus. In addition, the medium positive correlation between frequency of religious practice and IS was simi

SUBMITTER: Van Cappellen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11611216 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature