Validation of the Spanish Version of the Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) and an Exploration of Its Relationship to Meditation and Embodiment Variables.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) March 14, 2025 Laura C Sánchez-sánchez, Amanda Klysing, Ingela Steij Stålbrand et al. 2 citations
A Spanish version of the Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) showed good reliability and validity in a sample of 281 Spanish adults. The scale had a Cronbach's alpha of 0.82, indicating good internal consistency. Positive correlations with body appreciation and self-compassion, and no correlation with sexual satisfaction, supported convergent and discriminant validity. The Spanish BAQ also distinguished between meditators and non-meditators, supporting its conceptual validity. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a two-factor structure rather than the one- or four-factor models of the original English version. The scale is suitable for further study in clinical and non-clinical Spanish populations.