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Embodiment and Psychological Health in Adolescence. 1. Development and Validation of a Brief 12-item Questionnaire to Measure the Experience of Embodiment

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Titel: Embodiment and Psychological Health in Adolescence. 1. Development and Validation of a Brief 12-item Questionnaire to Measure the Experience of Embodiment
Autoren: Foster, Lo, Lundh, Lars-Gunnar, Daukantaité, Daiva
Weitere Verfasser: Lund University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Lunds universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar, Institutionen för psykologi, Originator, Lund University, Profile areas and other strong research environments, Strategic research areas (SRA), eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration, Lunds universitet, Profilområden och andra starka forskningsmiljöer, Strategiska forskningsområden (SFO), eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration, Originator
Quelle: Journal for Person-Oriented Research Sensuous Bodies. 11(1):10-24
Schlagwörter: Social Sciences, Psychology, Applied Psychology (including Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy), Samhällsvetenskap, Psykologi, Tillämpad psykologi (Här ingår: Klinisk psykologi, psykoterapi)
Beschreibung: Background Adolescence is characterized by large bodily changes and a heightened body-focus. It is also a sensitive period for the onset of various forms of psychopathology. Previous longitudinal studies have shown that body dissatisfaction is a predictor of disordered eating, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and depression among adolescents. Body dissatisfaction, however, only represents one aspect of bodily self-experience. Another aspect is embodiment, defined as the anchoring of one’s identity in bodily self-experience. Research in this area, however, has been hampered by the lack of a psychometrically sound measure of embodiment that can be administered to adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to develop a brief measure of embodiment suitable for young adolescents. Methods A 12-item Embodiment Scale (ES-12) was developed and underwent confirmatory factor analysis and tests of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, measure invariance, subscale inter-correlations, and construct validity. Incremental validity was analyzed to see if the ES-12 could predict disordered eating, non-suicidal self-injury, depression, and anxiety, above and beyond that of a measure of body dissatisfaction. Results The ES-12 was found to exhibit robust psychometric properties, such as a distinct three-factor structure, strong internal consistency, and good test-retest reliability. It demonstrated good convergent and divergent validity, indicating that its three subscales—Harmonious Body, Disharmonious Body, and Body for Others—are significantly associated with a range of psychological health issues in adolescents. In addition, the ES-12 demonstrated consistent incremental validity by predicting disordered eating, NSSI, depression, and anxiety, beyond that of a measure of body dissatisfaction. Conclusions The results suggest that ES-12 is a useful instrument in research on the experience of embodiment among adolescents. Keywords: embodiment; Embodiment Scale-12 (ES-12); adolescence; body dissatisfaction; disordered eating; non-suicidal self-injury; anxiety; depression; incremental validity
Zugangs-URL: https://doi.org/10.17505/jpor.2025.27576
Datenbank: SwePub
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Abstract:Background Adolescence is characterized by large bodily changes and a heightened body-focus. It is also a sensitive period for the onset of various forms of psychopathology. Previous longitudinal studies have shown that body dissatisfaction is a predictor of disordered eating, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and depression among adolescents. Body dissatisfaction, however, only represents one aspect of bodily self-experience. Another aspect is embodiment, defined as the anchoring of one’s identity in bodily self-experience. Research in this area, however, has been hampered by the lack of a psychometrically sound measure of embodiment that can be administered to adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to develop a brief measure of embodiment suitable for young adolescents. Methods A 12-item Embodiment Scale (ES-12) was developed and underwent confirmatory factor analysis and tests of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, measure invariance, subscale inter-correlations, and construct validity. Incremental validity was analyzed to see if the ES-12 could predict disordered eating, non-suicidal self-injury, depression, and anxiety, above and beyond that of a measure of body dissatisfaction. Results The ES-12 was found to exhibit robust psychometric properties, such as a distinct three-factor structure, strong internal consistency, and good test-retest reliability. It demonstrated good convergent and divergent validity, indicating that its three subscales—Harmonious Body, Disharmonious Body, and Body for Others—are significantly associated with a range of psychological health issues in adolescents. In addition, the ES-12 demonstrated consistent incremental validity by predicting disordered eating, NSSI, depression, and anxiety, beyond that of a measure of body dissatisfaction. Conclusions The results suggest that ES-12 is a useful instrument in research on the experience of embodiment among adolescents. Keywords: embodiment; Embodiment Scale-12 (ES-12); adolescence; body dissatisfaction; disordered eating; non-suicidal self-injury; anxiety; depression; incremental validity
ISSN:20020244
20030177
DOI:10.17505/jpor.2025.27576