Factor structure, reliability and validation of the Japanese version of the Body Perception Questionnaire-Body Awareness Very Short Form (BPQ-BAVSF-J)

Body awareness disorders and reactivity are mentioned across a range of clinical problems. Constitutional differences in the control of the bodily state are thought to generate a vulnerability to psychological symptoms. Autonomic nervous system dysfunctions have been associated with anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. Though interoception may be a transdiagnostic mechanism promoting the improvement of clinical symptomatology, few psychometrically sound, symptom-independent, self-report measures, informed by brain–body circuits, are available for research and clinical use. We validated the Italian version of the body perception questionnaire (BPQ)—short form and found that response categories could be collapsed from five to three and that the questionnaire retained a three-factor structure with items reduced from 46 to 22 (BPQ-22). The first factor was loaded by body awareness items; the second factor comprised some items from the body awareness scale and some from the subdiaphragmatic reactivity scale (but all related to bloating and digestive issues), and the third factor by supradiaphragmatic reactivity items. The BPQ-22 had sound psychometric properties, good convergent and discriminant validity and test–retest reliability and could be used in clinical and research settings in which the body perception assessment is of interest. Psychometric findings in light of the polyvagal theory are discussed.

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Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Body Perception Questionnaire–Short Form (BPQ-SF) Among Chinese College Students

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01355 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Nantong Wang ◽

Fen Ren ◽

Xiaolu Zhou

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Short Form ◽

The Body ◽

Body Perception ◽

Chinese College Students

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Validation of the Japanese Version of the Body Vigilance Scale

Psychological Reports ◽

10.1177/0033294116648139 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 118 (3) ◽

pp. 918-936 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tatsuo Saigo ◽

Yoshitake Takebayashi ◽

Jun Tayama ◽

Peter J. Bernick ◽

Norman B. Schmidt ◽

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Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Health Anxiety ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Japanese Version ◽

The Body ◽

Self Report ◽

Sensitivity Index ◽

Social Interaction Anxiety Scale ◽

Body Vigilance

The Body Vigilance Scale is a self-report measure of attention to bodily sensations. The measure was translated into Japanese and its reliability, validity, and factor structure were verified. Participants comprised 286 university students (age: 19 ± 1 years). All participants were administered the scale, along with several indices of anxiety (i.e., Anxiety Sensitivity Index, Short Health Anxiety Inventory Illness Likelihood Scale, Social Interaction Anxiety Scale, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). The Japanese version of the Body Vigilance Scale exhibited a unidimensional factor structure and strong internal consistency. Construct validity was demonstrated by significant correlations with the above measures. Results suggest that the Japanese version of the scale is a reliable, valid tool for measuring body vigilance in Japanese university students.

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Factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Japanese version of the Hoarding Rating Scale-Self-Report (HRS-SR-J)

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment ◽

10.2147/ndt.s133471 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol Volume 13 ◽

pp. 1235-1243 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Aki Tsuchiyagaito ◽

Satoshi Horiuchi ◽

Toko Igarashi ◽

Yoshiya Kawanori ◽

Yoshiyuki Hirano ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Japanese Version ◽

Self Report ◽

Structure Reliability

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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Body Perception Questionnaire

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0251838 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (5) ◽

pp. e0251838

Author(s):

Francesco Cerritelli ◽

Matteo Galli ◽

Giacomo Consorti ◽

Giandomenico D’Alessandro ◽

Jacek Kolacz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Short Form ◽

The Body ◽

Autonomic Reactivity ◽

Body Perception ◽

Italian Version ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Cronbach's Alpha

Background/Objective The purpose of this study was to cross-culturally adapt the Body Perception Questionnaire Short Form (BPQ-SF) into Italian and to assess its psychometric properties in a sample of Italian subjects. Methods A forward-backward method was used for translation. 493 adults were recruited for psychometric analysis. Structural validity was assessed with confirmatory factor analysis and a hypothesis testing approach. Internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega. Measurement invariance analysis was applied with an age-matched American sample. Results The single-factor structure fit the awareness subscale (RMSEA = .036, CFI = .983, TLI = .982). Autonomic reactivity (ANSR) was well-described by supra- and sub-diaphragmatic subscales (RMSEA = .041, CFI = .984, TLI = .982). All subscales were positively correlated (r range: .50-.56) and had good internal consistency (McDonald’s Omega range: .86-.92, Cronbach’s alpha range: .88-.91). Measurement invariance analysis for the Awareness model showed significant results (p<0.001) in each step (weak, strong and strict) whereas the ANSR showed significant results (p<0.001) only for the strong and strict steps. Conclusions Our results support the Italian version of the BPQ as having consistent psychometric properties in comparison with other languages.

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Factor structure, reliability and validity of a Japanese version of the stress mindset measure

The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association ◽

10.4992/pacjpa.81.0_3c-029 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 81 (0) ◽

pp. 3C-029-3C-029

Author(s):

Kenichiro Yoneda ◽

Akira Tsuda ◽

Satoshi Horiuchi ◽

Ayumi Fusejima ◽

Kengo Mihara ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Japanese Version ◽

Structure Reliability

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Learning to Be a Sensitive Professional: A Life-Enhancing Process Grounded in the Experience of the Body

Adult Education Quarterly ◽

10.1177/0741713618807752 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 69 (1) ◽

pp. 24-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Josée Lachance ◽

Geneviève Emond ◽

Florence Vinit

Keyword(s):

Adult Education ◽

Student Teachers ◽

Professional Practice ◽

Body Awareness ◽

The Body ◽

Body Perception ◽

Process Information ◽

Research Results ◽

Somatic Education

This article focuses on the bodily engagement of professionals in the context of formative adult education. It examines how the body can be lived and sensed from different angles, based on two experiential studies: one with student-teachers, in somatic education, and one with physicians, based on Awakening the Sensible Being. The research results are compared to demonstrate how participants engage in their relationships with themselves and with others and how this enriches their coherence. The research suggests that teaching body perception can be as beneficial for teachers and physicians as it is for their students and patients. In our findings, it seems that body awareness and consciousness allow professionals to process information that is not available through other channels, enabling them to offer services that respond more humanely to the demands and needs. With body awareness, they can move toward a more grounded and coherent professional practice.

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Body Perception in Relation to Muscular Tone at Rest and Tactile Sensitivity to Tickle

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1983.56.3.799 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 799-806 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Vezio Ruggieri ◽

Maria Milizia ◽

Nicoletta Sabatini ◽

Maria Teresa Tosi

Keyword(s):

Direct Relationship ◽

Resistance To Change ◽

Muscle Tone ◽

Muscle Tension ◽

Inverse Correlation ◽

Body Awareness ◽

The Body ◽

Tactile Sensitivity ◽

Body Perception ◽

Body Acceptance

Two aspects of body image (body perception and body acceptance), muscle tone at test, and disposition to perceive positively connoted stimuli (tickle) were studied with 35 female subjects. Our hypothesized relation of muscle tension and body perception was confirmed by an inverse correlation between these variables. Also evident was the link of the good acceptance of the body with the disposition to perceive pleasurable stimuli (tickle perception) longer and the link of level of body awareness and resistance to change (latency to tickle). Also a direct relationship between body perception and body acceptance emerged.

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Untangling Self-Reported Interoceptive Attention and Accuracy: Evidence from the European Portuguese Validation of the Body Perception Questionnaire and the Interoceptive Accuracy Scale

10.31234/osf.io/a7wdj ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Carlos Campos ◽

Nuno Rocha ◽

Fernando Barbosa

Keyword(s):

Online Community ◽

Community Sample ◽

Body Awareness ◽

The Body ◽

Self Report ◽

Autonomic Reactivity ◽

Body Perception ◽

European Portuguese ◽

Excellent Internal Consistency ◽

Interoceptive Accuracy

This study included an online community-sample (n = 515) and aimed to: (1) explore the factor structure and psychometric properties of the European Portuguese versions of the Interoceptive Accuracy Scale (IAS) and the Body Perception Questionnaire (BPQ) - Body Awareness and Autonomic Reactivity scales; (2) examine the association between self-reported interoceptive attention and accuracy (indexed by the BPQ Body Awareness and IAS, respectively). Parallel-analysis indicated a one-factor solution for the BPQ Body Awareness. For the IAS and BPQ Autonomic Reactivity, bifactor ESEM models were retained. Ancillary measures revealed that both scales were mainly unidimensional and presented reliable total scores. All scales displayed excellent internal consistency, although test-rest reliability was modest. There was a quadratic U-shaped association between the IAS and BPQ Body Awareness. Alexithymia was negatively correlated with the IAS and unassociated with the BPQ Body Awareness. These findings suggest that interoceptive attention and accuracy may be dissociated using self-report questionnaires.

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