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Measuring the width of the window of tolerance and associations of interoceptive sensibility and arousal in student’s daily life
Matickas, M. (2022) Measuring the width of the window of tolerance and associations of interoceptive sensibility and arousal in student’s daily life.
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| Abstract: | The Window of Tolerance (WoT) framework encompasses a wide range of arousal levels in which emotions can be processed without disruption. WoT is commonly used in clinical practice to have a better understanding of emotional fluctuations associated with arousal. Nevertheless, there is an apparent gap in the literature exploring the WoT by quantitative means in the context of daily life, which gives insight into the between and within-subject variability of the WoT. Trait Interoceptive Sensibility (IS) defined as a self-report of subjective body awareness was assessed next to the WoT, since increase in body awareness was linked to an increase in self-reported emotional regulation. This study aims to operationalize the WoT by means of arousal levels and empirically investigate between and within-individual differences in the WoT and to explore possible associations between WoT, arousal and IS. As such, a repeated measure design in the context of daily life was conducted over a week with 6 measurements per day. A convenience sampling among students was used (M= 25.47; SD= 8.625; 82.4% females). Body Perception Questionnaire (BPQ) Subscale: Awareness was applied to assess IS. Mean state arousal and IS revealed a significant positive moderate association (β = .35, p<0.01, 95% CI [.23, .50]). The association of the mean state width of the WoT and IS showed a significant weak negative association (β =-.19, p<0.01, 95% CI [-.25, -.13]). There were found significant difference in the width of the WoT between and within participants. Lastly, post-hoc analysis of mean state valence and IS displayed significant strong negative association (β = -.60, p<0.01, 95% CI [-.70, -.51]). The current study provides novel inquiry about the association of trait IS and state arousal and the individual within and between differences in the width of the WoT. Future studies should integrate a more objective tool for measuring IS and to incorporate contextual factors in order to examine the causes of variations. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/92247 |
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