Abstract
This paper describes the development of a multidimensional self-report measure of interoceptive body awareness. The systematic mixed-methods process involved reviewing the current literature, specifying a multidimensional conceptual framework, evaluating prior instruments, developing items, and analyzing focus group responses to scale items by instructors and patients of body awareness-enhancing therapies. Following refinement by cognitive testing, items were field-tested in students and instructors of mind-body approaches. Final item selection was achieved by submitting the field test data to an iterative process using multiple validation methods, including exploratory cluster and confirmatory factor analyses, comparison between known groups, and correlations with established measures of related constructs. The resulting 32-item multidimensional instrument assesses eight concepts. The psychometric properties of these final scales suggest that the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) may serve as a starting point for research and further collaborative refinement.
Highlights
Body awareness and interoceptive awareness are closely related constructs proposed to mediate the health benefits of mind-body therapies, e.g. mindfulness meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, Feldenkrais and others
We describe the development of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) scales
Final item selection was achieved by analyzing field-test data in an iterative process using multiple methods, including exploratory cluster and confirmatory factor analyses, comparison between known groups, and correlations with established measures of related constructs
Summary
Body awareness and interoceptive awareness are closely related constructs proposed to mediate the health benefits of mind-body therapies, e.g. mindfulness meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, Feldenkrais and others. The multidimensional assessment of interoceptive awareness (MAIA) WE Mehling1*, C Price2, J Daubenmier1, E Bartmess1, M Acree1, V Gopisetty1, A Stewart1 From International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health 2012 Portland, Oregon, USA.
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