Do you feel your body right now? Ecological momentary assessment of interoceptive intensity and valence across multiple domains in everyday life.
4 affiliations
- 1Institute of Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany.
- 2Dornsife Center for Self-Report Science and Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
- 3Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
- 4Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Abstract
Researchers usually assess interoception (i.e., the perception of inner bodily states) under laboratory conditions, once, with a focus on one organ, mostly the heart. The present study expands this research and presents findings from two independent studies, demonstrating the reliability and validity of an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) approach to study interoception in different modalities at the very same time from a subjective perspective. We asked more than 250 participants to rate how intensely they feel their heart, gut, and breath at random moments in everyday life, as a measure of interoceptive attention. We further assessed the appraisal of these interoceptive body sensations by means of valence ratings. Across two samples (N1 = 141, N2 = 112), we demonstrated high reliability of this assessment at the between-person level and modest reliability at the within-person level. We further examined convergent and divergent validity for both subjective measures. The study findings highlight promising psychometric properties and applicability of this novel assessment of ambulatory interoception. This method enables large-scale field studies to investigate interoceptive attention and appraisal on a momentary basis to understand the role of bodily sensations in daily functioning and health.
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BibTeX
@article{rominger2026feel,
title = {{Do you feel your body right now? Ecological momentary assessment of interoceptive intensity and valence across multiple domains in everyday life.}},
author = {Christian Rominger and Marta Walentynowicz and Olga Pollatos and Christine Marie Schick and Andreas R Schwerdtfeger},
journal = {Frontiers in psychology},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1930018},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42952795},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Do you feel your body right now? Ecological momentary assessment of interoceptive intensity and valence across multiple domains in everyday life.
AU - Christian Rominger
AU - Marta Walentynowicz
AU - Olga Pollatos
AU - Christine Marie Schick
AU - Andreas R Schwerdtfeger
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/14
JO - Frontiers in psychology
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1930018
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42952795
AB - Researchers usually assess interoception (i.e., the perception of inner bodily states) under laboratory conditions, once, with a focus on one organ, mostly the heart. The present study expands this research and presents findings from two independent studies, demonstrating the reliability and validity of an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) approach to study interoception in different modalities at the very same time from a subjective perspective. We asked more than 250 participants to rate how intensely they feel their heart, gut, and breath at random moments in everyday life, as a measure of interoceptive attention. We further assessed the appraisal of these interoceptive body sensations by means of valence ratings. Across two samples (N1 = 141, N2 = 112), we demonstrated high reliability of this assessment at the between-person level and modest reliability at the within-person level. We further examined convergent and divergent validity for both subjective measures. The study findings highlight promising psychometric properties and applicability of this novel assessment of ambulatory interoception. This method enables large-scale field studies to investigate interoceptive attention and appraisal on a momentary basis to understand the role of bodily sensations in daily functioning and health.
SN - 1664-1078
ER -