Table 5. Dimensions of Body Awareness (further details: see in ‘Results’).

Dimension	Sub-Domain	Explanation
1) Perceived Body Sensations	A) Sensations of distress, worry, pain and tension	Ability to note changes in body processes, to identify inner sensations (e.g. a tight muscle, fatigue, warmth, pain) and discern subtle bodily cues indicating varying functional states of the body or its organs and the emotional/physiological state of the body (relaxed – tense).
	B) Sensations of wellbeing	Sensory and affective aspect of sensations.
	C) Neutral/ambiguous sensations
	D) Affective aspect of sensation: Bothersomeness i.e. of pain
2) Attention Quality	A) Intensity: Actively paying attention (incl. exaggerated focus) vs. ignoring and suppressing perceptions.	A) Bi-polar continuum from paying attention towards sensations (understood as active response to the perception of sensations) to distracting avoidance, ignoring and suppression of perceptions. Active focus can be involuntarily reactive as well as intentional (“mindful”). Intensity also reflects the importance of one's body sensations to the individual.
	B) Self-efficacy in attention control	B) Confidence in the ability how well one can focus on a sensation, sustain focus and control the mode of attention.
	C) Mode: thinking/labeling vs. experiencing the present-moment immediacy of sensations	C) Bi-polar continuum from reflective, mental, analytical, thinking, labeling, ruminating mode to non-judgmental, immediate, felt sensory awareness, mindful presence (includes kinesthetic sense).
3) Attitude	A) Trusting	General (trait) bias in appraisal/interpretation of sensations: Variance in how we relate to bodily cues: (A) trust and viewing sensations as helpful for decision-making and sense of self;
	(B) Catastrophizing	(B) catastrophizing and worry.
4) Mind-Body Integration	A) Emotional awareness	A) Awareness of physical sensations in emotions as their sensory aspect (“somatic markers”).
	B) Overall felt sense of embodied self vs. feeling disconnected.	B) Bi-polar continuum from feeling embodied (with awareness of interconnectedness of mental, emotional, and physical pro-cesses) to a sense of alienation from one's body.