The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, Version 2 (MAIA-2).

ABSTRACT: Interoception, the process by which the nervous system senses, interprets, and integrates signals originating from within the body, has become major research topic for mental health and in particular for mind-body interventions. Interoceptive awareness here is defined as the conscious level of interoception with its multiple dimensions potentially accessible to self-report. The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) is an 8-scale state-trait questionnaire with 32 items to measure multiple dimensions of interoception by self-report and was published in November 2012. Its numerous applications in English and other languages revealed low internal consistency reliability for two of its scales. This study's objective was to improve these scales and the psychometrics of th

SUBMITTER: Mehling WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6279042 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature