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Interoceptive sensitivity and self-reports of emotional experience

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Barrett, Lisa Feldman, Quigley, Karen S., Bliss-Moreau, Eliza, Aronson, Keith R.·2004·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.87.5.684PMC PMC1224728
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People differ in the extent to which they emphasize feelings of activation or deactivation in their verbal reports of experienced emotion, termed arousal focus (AF). Two multimethod studies indicate that AF is linked to heightened interoceptive sensitivity (as measured by performance on a heartbeat detection task). People who were more sensitive to their heartbeats emphasized feelings of activation and deactivation when reporting their experiences of emotion over time more than did those who were less sensitive. This relationship was not accounted for by several other variables, including simple language effects. Implications for the role of interoception in experienced emotion and the validity of self-reported emotion are discussed.

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  • Individuals who are more aware of their body report more intense emotional experiences than those who are less aware.

    “Several studies have shown that individuals who are more aware of their body report more intense emotional experiences than those who are less aware (Barrett et al., 2004; Critchley et al., 2004; Pollatos et al., 2007).”

    From Mindfulness, Interoception, and the Body: A Contemporary Perspective (2019) · cites this paper as Barrett et al., 2004

    The Results (Study 1; page unavailable) report the opposite association: participants who reported more intense moment-to-moment emotions were less sensitive to their heartbeats. The paper instead finds that greater heartbeat sensitivity is associated with greater emphasis on activation and deactivation in emotion reports, not greater reported emotional intensity. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • Across individuals, interoceptive accuracy is correlated with arousal focus.

    “arousal focus (Barrett et al., 2004)”

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Authors
Barrett, L. F., Quigley, K. S., Bliss-Moreau, E., & Aronson, K. R.
Affiliations
Boston College (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2004
Volume
87
Issue
5
Pages
684-697
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.87.5.684
PMC
PMC1224728
OpenAlex
W2167576525
Cited by
432
References
110
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 33 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 18
FWCI
4.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (K02MH001981)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
interoceptive sensitivity, self-reported emotion, heartbeat detection, interoception, emotional experience, self-report validity
MeSH terms
Adult, Arousal, Emotions, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Personality Inventory, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Disclosure, Students, Reproducibility of Results, Discriminant Analysis

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