Body Connection

Scale of Body Connection

The Scale of Body Connection (SBC) measures a person's connection to their body by looking at body awareness and bodily dissociation. The underlying goal is to increase body awareness and decrease body dissociation.

Total number of questions

20

Administration method

Self-report

Standardized cadence

Every week

Age range

Adult

Language

English

Scoring and interpretation

Answers are scored on a 5-Likert scale from 0 for "Not at all" to 4 for "All the time." The overall total score is typically not used. The scores that are most commonly used are the individual subscale scores. There are two subscales:Body awareness: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18Body dissociation: 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 16, 19, 20The body awareness questions are forward scored from 0-4 and a higher score is associated with higher bodily awareness.The body dissociation questions are reverse scored from 4-0 and a higher score is associated with higher bodily dissociation.Typically, as body awareness increases, body dissociation decreases.

Reliability and validity

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