. 2023 Oct 6;11:309. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01302-3

Table 9.

Pearson’s correlations between BMCQ subscales and validity measures

Validity Measures	Interoceptive Sensibility and Bodily Awareness										Alexithymia				Sensory Processing Sensitivity
	MAIA-2^a								BAQ^b	BPQ^b	PAQ^a				HSPS^a
BMCQ Subscales	Not.	ND	NW	AR	EA	SR	BL	Trust.			DIF	DDF	EOT	PAQ-Total	EOE	AES	LST	HSPS-Total
Body-Mind Values	0.46**	0.13*	0.06	0.49**	0.42**	0.51**	0.58**	0.67**	0.48**	0.13*	-0.26**	-0.27**	-0.44**	-0.36**	-0.03	0.30**	0.06	0.09
Sensation-Emotion Articulation	0.35**	0.26**	0.02	0.28**	0.33**	0.26**	0.35**	0.27**	0.28**	0.11*	-0.34**	-0.41**	-0.50**	-0.47**	0.05	0.22**	0.13*	0.14**
Interoceptive Attention	0.43**	0.14**	0.14*	0.44**	0.34**	0.36**	0.42**	0.52**	0.41**	0.08	-0.37**	-0.37**	-0.46**	-0.45**	-0.01	0.39**	0.04	0.12*

Bolded are the highest correlations for the BMCQ subscale rows, italicised are the highest correlations for the validity measure columns

^aN=313

^bN=309 **p<.001, *p<.05 (two-tailed)

Validity Measures: Interoceptive Sensibility and Bodily Awareness: MAIA-2 Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, Version 2, Not Noticing, ND Not-Distracting, NW Not Worrying, AR Attention Regulation, EA Emotional Awareness, SR Self-Regulation, BL Body Listening, Trust Trusting, BAQ Body Awareness Questionnaire, BPQ Body Perception Questionnaire, Sensory Processing Sensitivity, HSPS Highly Sensitive Person Scale, EOE Ease of Excitability, AES Aesthetic Sensitivity, LST Low Sensory Threshold, Alexithymia, PAQ Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire, DIF Difficulty Identifying Feelings, DDF Difficulty Describing Feelings, EOT Externally-Oriented Thinking, PAQ-Total Global Alexithymia)