Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
31
Number
1
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2025
Abstract
Interoceptive sensibility involves the detection, integration, and interpretation of internal bodily signals, primarily from cardiovascular, pulmonary, or gastrointestinal systems. Dysfunction in interoceptive processing has been increasingly recognized as a clinically relevant factor in numerous neurological, psychiatric, and behavioral disorders. This study aimed to elucidate the relationship between interoceptive sensibility and distress tolerance, hypothesizing that individuals with heightened interoceptive sensibility may report poorer distress tolerance. This relationship could help identify patterns between interoceptive sensibility and tendencies toward maladaptive coping strategies or emotional dysregulation. To explore these relationships, two studies were conducted utilizing self-report measures of interoceptive sensibility and distress tolerance in community and college samples. In a sample of college students, a significant positive correlation between interoceptive sensibility and poorer distress tolerance was found. In a sample of participants from a southeastern United States metropolitan area, a non-significant positive relationship between interoceptive sensibility and poorer distress tolerance was observed. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Language
English
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Recommended Citation
Moore, William W. and Howell, Ashley
(2025)
"Study of the relationship between interoceptive sensibility and distress tolerance in community and college samples,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 31:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol31/iss1/4
Department
Dept. of Psychology