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Listen to Your Heart–Ecological Momentary Assessment of Interoceptive Accuracy, Awareness and Sensibility: A Pilot Study

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  • Inken Höller

    (Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany)

  • Jana-Sophie Stenzel

    (Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany)

  • Dajana Rath

    (Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany)

  • Thomas Forkmann

    (Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany)

Abstract

Background: Interoception is a multi-facetted phenomenon including interoceptive accuracy, awareness and sensibility. Deficits in interoception have been associated with psychological distress. However, little is known about the course of interoception over time. The present study aimed at examining interoception in an ecological momentary assessment (EMA)-setting. Methods: A seven-day smartphone-based EMA was conducted in a community sample of sixty-one participants (age: M = 24.1, SD = 7.00, n = 54 female (88.5%)). To control for potential practice effects of repeated assessments during the EMA phase, participants were randomly assigned to a control ( n = 30) and an interoception ( n = 31) group. The latter was assessed for interoceptive accuracy, awareness and sensibility. Before and after the EMA phase, all participants were assessed for interoception in the laboratory. Results: Multilevel analyses revealed significant fluctuations for all three interoceptive facets, around 50% of variance was due to within-person variability. There were only practice effects for the subscale “Attention Regulation”, measuring interoceptive sensibility. Conclusion: The facets of interoception can be assessed in an EMA-setting. Repeated interoceptive assessments do not necessarily lead to an improvement of participants’ interoceptive abilities. It could be shown that all interoceptive facets fluctuate, which should be considered in future research.

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  • Inken Höller & Jana-Sophie Stenzel & Dajana Rath & Thomas Forkmann, 2021. "Listen to Your Heart–Ecological Momentary Assessment of Interoceptive Accuracy, Awareness and Sensibility: A Pilot Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-20, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:9:p:4893-:d:548711
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    1. Beate M Herbert & Eric R Muth & Olga Pollatos & Cornelia Herbert, 2012. "Interoception across Modalities: On the Relationship between Cardiac Awareness and the Sensitivity for Gastric Functions," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(5), pages 1-9, May.
    2. Jana-Sophie Stenzel & Inken Höller & Dajana Rath & Nina Hallensleben & Lena Spangenberg & Heide Glaesmer & Thomas Forkmann, 2020. "Do Feelings of Defeat and Entrapment Change over Time? An Investigation of the Integrated Motivational—Volitional Model of Suicidal Behaviour Using Ecological Momentary Assessments," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(13), pages 1-16, June.
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