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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Perception Science
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1261994
This article is part of the Research Topic Insights in Psychosomatic Medicine: 2023 View all 8 articles

Validation of the French Version of the Body Awareness Questionnaire: Towards a Way to Assess Alexisomia

Provisionally accepted
Arnaud Carre Arnaud Carre 1,2*Rebecca Shankland Rebecca Shankland 3Philippe Guillaume Philippe Guillaume 4Jeanne Duclos Jeanne Duclos 5Claire El-Jor Claire El-Jor 3Sonia Pellissier Sonia Pellissier 2,6Valentin Flaudias Valentin Flaudias 7,8
  • 1 Psychological Sciences, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Chambéry, -- Not in USA --, France
  • 2 Laboratoire InterUniversitaire de Psychologie (LIP/PC2S), Chambéry, France
  • 3 Unité de Recherche Développement Individu Processus Handicap Éducation, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France
  • 4 Université Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France
  • 5 UMR9193 Laboratoires Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab), Villeneuve d ascq, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  • 6 Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
  • 7 Université de Nantes, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
  • 8 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France

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    First, I would like to thank the authors for the work they have done. In their study they investigated alexithymia and alexisomia, both trying to prove association between these concepts and to conduct a validation in the French language. Both concepts are of high importance and interest in understanding somatic and mental disorders. However, the manuscript lacks a clear structure, which might be caused by presenting too many information by reporting the validation study and the association between alexithymia and alexisomia at the same time.A more precise title and structure in writing will be useful to guide the reader through both study aims in a more easy way. Also I suggest to shorten the manuscript, overall the introduction and discussion, and to concentrate on the relevant content.Answer : We sincerely thank the reviewer for this comment. We have reduced the introduction and discussion and tried to refocus on two more identifiable axes: an axis on the validation of the scale, and an axis on the link between alexithymia and alexisomia.

    Keywords: Alexisomia, interoception, Body awareness, alexithymia, scale validation

    Received: 21 Jul 2023; Accepted: 21 Jun 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Carre, Shankland, Guillaume, Duclos, El-Jor, Pellissier and Flaudias. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Arnaud Carre, Psychological Sciences, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Chambéry, 75014, -- Not in USA --, France

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