A longitudinal study of interoception changes in the times of COVID-19: Effects on psychophysiological health and well-being

Vabba, Alisha; Porciello, Giuseppina; Monti, Alessandro; Panasiti, Maria Serena; Aglioti, Salvatore Maria

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14951

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“…It is possible, for example, that experiences related to the pandemic situation altered the role of specific components of BSC. For instance, a recent longitudinal study suggests that since the beginning of the pandemic, individuals are more attentive to signals coming from their internal organs compared to a time before the COVID-19 outbreak [77]. Such increase of attention towards visceral information could be beneficial to the maintenance of individuals' well-being.…”

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confidence: 99%

Morality in the flesh: on the link between bodily self-consciousness, moral identity and (dis)honest behaviour

2022

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The sense of owning a body (ownership) and controlling its actions (agency) are two main pillars of bodily self-consciousness (BSC). Although studies suggest that BSC signals and morality may be associated, whether such association has a positive or negative direction remains unclear. To investigate this issue, we conducted two pre-registered, online studies, in which a total of 1309 participants completed BSC- and morality-related questionnaires and undertook a task where they could cheat for monetary gain. We found that participants with high sense of ownership displayed high moral identity, which supports the notion that ownership is used to associate the self with positive characteristics. Moreover, high agency was associated with increased moral identity when sense of power is high. Results regarding deception are less clear, and might relate to the impact of COVID-19. Our results concerning moral identity may inspire policies that rely on changes of corporeal awareness to contrast immorality.

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confidence: 99%

Morality in the flesh: on the link between bodily self-consciousness, moral identity and (dis)honest behaviour

2022

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“… Suzuki et al (2021) and Vabba et al (2023) explored the maladaptive aspects of IA during the pandemic and reported significant associations between the Noticing subscale and maladaptive behaviors. Anxiety demonstrated positive correlations with Emotional Awareness and Body Listening, suggesting nuanced interactions between anxiety and IA.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies on Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) have consistently reported low scores on Trusting, Attention Regulation, and Not-Worrying, suggesting that interoceptive connection is impaired in depression . Suzuki et al (2021) and Vabba et al (2023) explored the maladaptive aspects of IA during the pandemic and reported significant associations between the Noticing subscale and maladaptive behaviors. Anxiety demonstrated positive correlations with Emotional Awareness and Body Listening, suggesting nuanced interactions between anxiety and IA.…”

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confidence: 99%

Interoceptive awareness in a clinical setting: the need to bring interoceptive perspectives into clinical evaluation

Solano Durán,

Morales,

Huepe

2024

Front. Psychol.

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Interoceptive awareness (IA) is crucial to understanding mental health. The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) scale, available in approximately 30 languages, has gained global recognition for its research applicability. This review highlights the critical importance of integrating IA evaluation in clinical settings, advocating for the MAIA scale’s potential as a screening tool. Through an examination of academic databases, including Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, and J-STOR, our analysis spans seven mental health domains: eating disorders (ED), depression, stress, anxiety, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), chronic pain, and suicide ideation (SI). Thirty-eight studies showed links between several dimensions of IA with different disorders. That is, ED was related to Body Trust and Self-Regulation; anxiety to Body Listening, Emotional Awareness, and Self-Regulation; depression to Noticing and Emotional Awareness; ASD to Trusting, Emotional Awareness, and Noticing; chronic pain to Not-Worrying and Self-Regulation; and SI with Trusting. These insights hold profound implications for both clinical practice and mental health research. Integrating IA assessments into standard clinical protocols has the potential to improve our understanding of pathology, enrich patient care, and enhance therapeutic strategies.

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“…While more investigation is necessary, it seems that Trusting is also one of the facets with regulatory implications, perhaps due to the way that the body is perceived as a reference point for grounding, or some other body trusting‐mediated process for regulation (e.g., returning to the sensations of one's own body as an appraisal of control via grounding). A longitudinal study of interoception changes from before the COVID‐19 pandemic, during the lockdown phase, and 4 months after the lockdown showed that these factors for the regulatory components of the MAIA predicted psychological health and well‐being (Vabba et al, 2023). Together, these findings extend the validity evidence of the MAIA factors as IATs through trait coherence with EC, particularly for the factors that contain regulatory elements.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, this model lacked a factor of Self‐Regulation, which prevented us from examining its association with EC. Self‐Regulation is one of the regulatory aspects of the MAIA and a clinically important variable (e.g., Vabba et al, 2023) indicating self‐control of pain and physically unpleasant sensations. Furthermore, the Not Distracting factor was unreliable as in previous studies (e.g., Borneman et al, 2014; Mehling et al, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

Dispositional Associations Between Interoceptive Attention Tendencies and Effortful Control: Cross‐sectional Findings from an Online National Survey of Japanese Working Adults

Fujikawa,

Kabir,

Funabashi

et al. 2023

Jpn Psychol Res

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Interoceptive attention tendencies (IATs) have been theorized to include facets of awareness and evaluative aspects for skillfully attending toward one's bodily sensations in a regulatory manner. However, the relations between IATs and factors for the trait‐like control of behavioral effort are unknown. Here, we tested associations between IATs measured via the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) and control‐related factors from the Effortful Control Scale (ECS) for adults in a nationally representative online survey of 500 Japanese working adults (analytic sample, N = 463; 274 females, Mage = 46.63 years, SD = 11.58 years). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis for the MAIA showed acceptable model fit for the six‐factor model similar to previous studies with Japanese respondents. Adjusting for the influence of age and gender, partial correlations indicated that the evaluative dimensions of the MAIA were positively correlated with the Inhibitory Control, Activation Control, and Attentional Control factors of the ECS (Pearson's partial rs range .14 to .25, ps < .01). Exploratory multiple regression analysis indicated that the Attention Regulation factor of the MAIA was a statistically significant predictor of effortful control modeled as total score. Taken together, the results were theoretically consistent with previous studies investigating relations with trait‐like factors of personality and mental health indicators for full‐time workers in Japan. Relative to the constructs of awareness, our empirical correlations provide specificity for the construct validity of IATs with trait indicators of effortful control and implications for implementation research.

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A longitudinal study of interoception changes in the times of COVID-19: Effects on psychophysiological health and well-being

Cited by 7 publications

References 46 publications

Morality in the flesh: on the link between bodily self-consciousness, moral identity and (dis)honest behaviour

Morality in the flesh: on the link between bodily self-consciousness, moral identity and (dis)honest behaviour

Interoceptive awareness in a clinical setting: the need to bring interoceptive perspectives into clinical evaluation

Dispositional Associations Between Interoceptive Attention Tendencies and Effortful Control: Cross‐sectional Findings from an Online National Survey of Japanese Working Adults

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