Interoceptive sensibility and body satisfaction in pregnant and non-pregnant women with and without children.

ABSTRACT: Pregnancy is a time of great physical and psychological change. As well as prominent changes in the external appearance of the body, such as the baby bump, there are also substantial changes taking place within the body. Our awareness of, and attention towards, internal bodily signals (interoception) is thought to have a direct impact on how we feel about our bodies. Therefore, understanding how our experience of these interoceptive signals might change during pregnancy may have important implications for maternal wellbeing. This study examined body satisfaction and interoceptive sensibility (subjective experience of interoception) in pregnant and non-pregnant women with and without children. Feelings towards pregnancy-specific changes in body satisfaction and interoceptive sensibility wer

SUBMITTER: Crossland A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9515153 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature