ArticlePloS one2017
"ABC"-The Awareness-Body-Chart: A new tool assessing body awareness.
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- Development of the SCI-BodyMap: Measuring Mental Body Representations in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Evaluating Body Awareness: A Systematic Review Using the COSMIN Methodology.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites and Executive Function Impairments in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Case Control Study.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- Development of the SCI-BodyMap-Measuring Mental Body Representations in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for Item Generation, Reliability, and Validity Testing.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Exploring the Link between Interoceptive Body Awareness and Suicidal Orientation in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Relationship between body awareness level and musculoskeletal pain complaints, physical activity level and emotional status in healthy people.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Article
- Body connection mediates the relationship between traumatic childhood experiences and impaired emotion regulation in borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the importance of body awareness for health and well-being there is still a lack of valid assessment tools to scan proper body awareness. To respond to the limitations of questionnaires (reading/interpretation problems) the Awareness-Body-Chart (ABC) was designed to assess body awareness by colouring 51 regions according to their awareness. The objective of this study was to investigate the psychometric characteristics of the ABC.
methodsIn a questionnaire-study, 106 students in Graz (79 females, 27 males, age median 21 (IQR 20-23) years) filled in the ABC, furthermore a German body awareness questionnaire "KEKS", and the Beck Depression Inventory II. Factor structure, internal consistency, and retest reliability of the ABC were investigated. Correlations of the ABC with the KEKS and the Beck Depression Inventory II and comparisons of subgroups were conducted.
resultsThrough factor analyses, 14 factors with clear assignments to body parts could be categorized: cranium, face, cervical/lumbar region, chest/abdomen, back, shoulder, upper arm, lower arm/elbow, hand, genital area, thigh/hip, knee, lower leg, and foot. The 14 body parts and the total score showed acceptable to high Cronbach's alphas (α = .64 - .97). The test-retest reliability showed values between ρ = .71 and ρ = .96. The correlation of the ABC and KEKS (r = .66, p < .001) confirmed validity. Further indications of validity could be seen in comparisons of subgroups and in correlations with the Beck Depression Inventory II.
conclusionThe ABC proved good psychometric properties with acceptable to high internal consistency, acceptable to high retest reliability and high construct validity. It is an easy-to-use tool for clinical settings and research. The ABC opens new insights into body awareness-patterns of various subgroups.
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