Is interoceptive awareness really altered in somatoform disorders? Testing competing theories with two paradigms of heartbeat perception

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 719-724

  Schaefer, Manuela ^a   Egloff, Boris ^a   Witthöft, Michael ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heartbeat perception; Interoceptive awareness; Medically unexplained symptoms; Somatization; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINATION TASK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTEROCEPTIVE AWARENESS; MALE; MENTAL TRACKING TASK; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATIZATION; SPORT; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84866915333     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028509     Document Type: Article

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