Table 2.

ISQ item content and descriptive statistics for adult sample

Item content	N	M	SD	Skew	Nr>0.7	$\overline{r}$
1. I have difficulty making sense of my body’s signals unless they are very strong	444	3.86	1.99	0.01	3	0.60
2. I tend to rely on visual reminders (e.g. times on the clock) to help me know when to eat and drink	444	3.61	2.18	0.20	0	0.47
3. I have difficulty feeling my bodily need for food	444	3.38	2.19	0.34	4	0.64
4. I’m not sure how my body feels when it’s a hot day	444	2.25	1.81	1.30	0	0.52
5. I find it difficult to describe feelings like hunger, thirst, hot or cold	443	2.6	1.97	1.00	4	0.64
6. Sometimes I don’t know how to interpret sensations I feel within my body	444	3.88	2.02	0.02	7	0.65
7. If I injure myself badly, even though I can feel it, I don’t feel the need to do much about it	443	3.04	2.09	0.59	0	0.50
8. I only notice I need to eat when I’m in pain or feeling nauseous or weak	444	3.17	2.21	0.53	3	0.61
9. There are times when I am only aware of changes in my body because of the reactions of other people	444	3.05	1.97	0.55	1	0.61
10. I find it difficult to read the signs and signals within my own body (e.g. when I have hurt myself or I need to rest)	444	3.23	2.01	0.43	12	0.70
11. I have difficulty understanding when I am hungry or thirsty	443	2.88	2.01	0.69	7	0.65
12. I find it difficult to identify some of the signals that my body is telling me (e.g. If I’m about to faint or I’ve over exerted myself)	443	3.27	2.03	0.43	6	0.65
13. It is difficult for me to describe what it feels like to be hungry, thirsty, hot, cold or in pain	442	2.74	1.97	0.85	8	0.67
14. I am confused about my bodily sensations	443	3.06	1.93	0.55	8	0.66
15. I have difficulty locating injury in my body	444	2.45	1.8	1.09	2	0.60
16. Sometimes, when my body signals a problem, I have difficulty working out what the problem might be	443	3.35	1.93	0.36	8	0.66
17. I don’t tend to notice feelings in my body until they’re very intense	443	3.31	2.09	0.44	4	0.66
18. I find it difficult to put my internal bodily sensations into words	443	3.58	2.15	0.26	5	0.64
19. Even when I know that I am hungry, thirsty, in pain, hot or cold, I don’t feel the need to do anything about it	444	2.91	1.89	0.62	1	0.59
20. Even when I know that I am physically uncomfortable, I do not act to change my situation	444	3.01	1.88	0.53	1	0.55

Total n in the adult sample is 495. N_r>0.7, the number of items with which a given item correlates with a strength greater than 0.70; $\stackrel{-}{\mathit{r}}$, average inter-item correlation. ISQ-8 items are bolded