Development of a Participation Focused Measure of Interoception for Adults

Abstract

Interoception is awareness of one’s own internal bodily states. Currently, no participation-based measure of interoception exists. The purpose of this study was to identify items with adequate psychometric properties for a participation-based interoceptive measure grounded in Dunn’s Sensory Processing Framework named the Sensory Profile: Interoception (SPI). Using a cross-sectional psychometric design, internal consistency was examined by calculating Cronbach’s alpha for each of the four subscales of the SPI. Concurrent validity was studied using Pearson Product Moment Correlations to identify relationships between the SPI and the Adolescent Adult Sensory Profile (A/ASP) subscales. Interoception items correlating most strongly with their intended subscale were identified, maintaining 70 of the original 101 items ( N = 55). The resulting subscales (sensitivity, avoiding, registration, and seeking) had good internal consistency (α = .63–.88) and correlated moderately with the corresponding A/ASP subscale. The findings provide preliminary support for the SPI’s internal consistency and concurrent validity.

Sensory profile applications in adolescents and adults in the health care: a narrative review of the literature

“…Six articles address differences in sensory processing in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder (Bijlenga et al, 2017;Kuno-Fujita et al, 2020;Donaldson et al, 2017;Karhson & Golob, 2016;Howe & Stagg, 2016;De la Marche et al, 2012). Six articles refer to healthy adults and older people (Metz et al, 2019;Engel-Yeger & Shochat, 2012;Engel-Yeger & Rosenblum, 2017;Hebert, 2016;Brown & Dunn, 2023;Bailliard et al, 2022). Two articles refer exclusively to trait anxiety or anxiety disorders (Clark et al, 2018;Engel-Yeger & Dunn, 2011a), two articles refer to diabetes (Engel-Yeger & Dunn, 2011b;, two articles refer to cerebrovascular accidents (Chung & Song, 2016;Demopoulos et al, 2015), two articles refer to unipolar and bipolar disorders (Serafini et al, 2016;Engel-Yeger et al, 2018a), two other articles refer to selective eating habits (Avery et al, 2018;Hebert, 2018), two articles refer to multiple sclerosis with and without cognitive impairment and anxiety (Engel-Yeger et al, 2021;Stern et al, 2021).…”

“…The resulting subscales (sensitivity, avoidance, registration, and search) had good internal consistency and correlated moderately with the corresponding Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile subscale and her (Brown & Dunn, 2023) A/ASP subscales. The results provide preliminary support for the internal consistency and concurrent validity of interoception (SPI).…”

Aplicaciones de perfiles sensoriales en adolescentes y adultos en el ámbito de salud: una revisión narrativa de la literatura

“…En seis artículos se abordan las diferencias en el procesamiento sensorial en adolescentes y adultos con trastorno de espectro autista (Bijlenga et al, 2017;Kuno-Fujita et al, 2020;Donaldson et al, 2017;Karhson & Golob, 2016;Howe & Stagg, 2016;De la Marche et al, 2012). Seis artículos se refiere a personas adultas y personas mayores sanas (Metz et al, 2019;Engel-Yeger & Shochat, 2012;Engel-Yeger & Rosenblum, 2017;Hebert, 2016;Brown & Dunn, 2023;Bailliard et al, 2022). Dos artículos se refieren exclusivamente a ansiedad rasgos o trastornos de ansiedad (Clark et al, 2018;Engel-Yeger & Dunn, 2011a), dos artículos se refieren a diabetes (Engel-Yeger & Dunn, 2011b, dos artículos a accidentes cerebro vasculares (Chung & Song, 2016;Demopoulos et al, 2015), dos artículos se refiere a trastornos unipolares y bipolares (Serafini et al, 2016;Engel-Yeger et al, 2018a), otros dos artículos se refieren a hábitos alimenticios selectivos (Avery et al, 2018;Hebert, 2018), dos artículos se refieren a esclerosis múltiple con y sin daño cognitivo y ansiedad (Engel-Yeger et al, 2021;Stern et al, 2021).…”

“…Las subescalas resultantes (sensibilidad, evitación, registro y búsqueda) tuvieron una buena consistencia interna y correlacionaron moderadamente con la correspondiente subescala del perfil sensorial del adolescente/adulto y sus subescalas (Brown & Dunn, 2023) A/ASP. Los resultados proporcionan un apoyo preliminar a la consistencia interna y la validez concurrente de la interocepción (SPI).…”