Interoceptive vocabularies in normal and pathological state
Objective. Identifying the features of interoceptive vocabularies in sick and healthy people. Methods. The inquiry of respondents with the use of an original psychosemantic method and comparative analysis was held. Results. Interoceptive vocabularies or words that people use to describe their inner sensations differ in somatic, psychosomatic, mentally sick and in healthy people. The differences concern as volume of interoceptive vocabularies as their categorical structure. Healthy people have smaller volume of interoceptive vocabulary. Long experience of illness can decrease the volume of interoceptive vocabulary. Conclusion. The results of the conducted research allow assuming that interoceptive vocabularies differ in patients with various diseases and in healthy people. Interoceptive vocabulary characteristics can play a role of a diagnostic tool.