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Table 6 Score interpretation, ranges, descriptive statistics, and cronbach’s alpha coefficients of BMCQ subscales in sample with no psychiatric diagnosis (N=316)

From: Assessment of the mind-body connection: preliminary psychometric evidence for a new self-report questionnaire

Scale

No. of Items

Score Interpretation

Observed Rangea

M (SD)

Skewness

Kurtosis

Alpha

Range of Item-Scale Correlations

Body-Mind Values

6*

Higher values reflect stronger beliefs in mind-body integration and importance of wellbeing.

2.17-7.00

5.06 (1.01)

-0.64

0.63

0.85

0.55-0.69

Sensation-Emotion Articulation

3*

Higher values reflect greater internal focus and capacity for articulating bodily changes associated with emotions.

1.00-7.00

4.24 (1.18)

-0.26

-0.39

0.74

0.47-0.62

Interoceptive Attention

4

Higher values reflect greater direction of attentional resources toward interoceptive stimuli.

2.00-7.00

5.17 (0.91)

-0.42

-0.28

0.8

0.56-0.72

  1. *Contains reverse scored items
  2. aPossible range from 1-7