Multidimensional assessment of ınteroceptive awareness (MAIA 2): psychometric properties of the Turkish version

Authors : Saliha ÖZPINAR, Emre DUNDER, Yaşar DEMİR, Melih AKYOL

Pages : 132-136

Doi:10.32322/jhsm.836361

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Publication Date : 2021-03-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: Interoception, defined as the perception of internal bodily changes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Turkish validity and reliability study of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness); Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MAIA 2 developed by William Mehling et al. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2018);. Material and Method: The research is methodological. Research data was collected between April 2020 and May 2020 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(N= 400);. Forward and backward translation were used to translate the MAIA-2 into Turkish. We conducted exploratory factor analysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EFA); and confirmatory factor analysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CFA); to analyze the psychometrics of the MAIA-2 in a 70:30 split sample. Statistical analysis were done with R Project. Results: The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(KMO=0.910); was acceptable, and there exists a significant correlation structure with Bartlett’s test of sphericity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(χ2=5134.120, p 0.60);. Standardized loadings were positive and >0.40 with significant results insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05); insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.71, p<0.05);. The RMSEA is nearly zero and SRMR is extremely low. Conclusions: As a result, the Turkish version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MAIA 2); developed by Mehling et al. and originally in English is valid and reliable according to our results.
Keywords : Body awareness, body mind, interoceptive awareness, validity, reliability