<i>He Who Seeks Finds</i> (Bodily Signals): German Validation of the Interoceptive Attention Scale (IATS) and its Relationship with Subclinical Psychopathology
Author: Markus R Tünte1,2, Tara M Petzke3, Sebastian Brand3, Jennifer Murphy4, Michael Witthöft3, Stefanie Hoehl1, Mathias Weymar5,6, Carlos Ventura-Bort5
Affiliation:
1 Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria.
2 Vienna Doctoral School Cognition, Behavior and Neuroscience, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
3 Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Experimental Psychopathology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
4 Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, London, UK.
5 Department of Biological Psychology and Affective Science, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
6 Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Conference/Journal: J Pers Assess
Date published: 2024 Mar 13
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Pages: 1-11 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1080/00223891.2024.2316236. , Word Count: 197
Alterations in interoception have been linked to psychopathology. Recent findings suggest that both the attention to and the accuracy of, interoceptive perceptions may be oppositely related to subclinical symptomatology. Thus, providing well-validated tools that tap into these interoceptive processes is crucial for understanding the relation between interoceptive processing and subclinical psychopathology. In the current study (N = 642), we aimed to (1) validate the German version of the Interoceptive Attention Scale (IATS; Gabriele et al., 2022), and (2) test the differential association of self-reported interoceptive attention and accuracy with subclinical symptomatology, including alexithymia, depressive, and anxious symptomatology. We observed that a one-factor solution is a well-fitting model for the IATS. Further, the IATS showed good internal consistency, convergent, and divergent validity, but poor test-retest reliability. Self-reported interoceptive attention and accuracy were unrelated to each other. However, IATS scores were positively related to all measures of psychopathology (except depressive symptomatology), whereas self-reported interoceptive accuracy scores showed negative or nonsignificant relations with these. Our data suggest that the IATS is a good instrument to measure self-report interoceptive attention in the German population. Further, we highlight the need to distinguish between constructs of interoception to better understand the relation between interoception and psychopathology.
PMID: 38478969 DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2024.2316236
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