Postural awareness and its relation to pain: validation of an innovative instrument measuring awareness of body posture in patients with chronic pain

Table 3 Pearson’s correlations of the Postural Awareness Scale (PAS) with measures of body awareness, body responsiveness, body image, and mindfulness. [* indicates p < 0.05]

	Body Awareness Questionnaire	Body Responsiveness Scale		Dresden Body Image Inventory					Conscious Presence and Self Control
		Trust in Bodily Sensations	Perceived Connection between Mental and Physical Processes	Vitality	Self-accep-tance	Sexuality	Self-esteem	Physical contact
Total sample
PAS total	0.23^*	0.41^*	0.26^*	0.26^*	0.32^*	0.22^*	0.25^*	0.24^*	0.38^*
Ease/Familiarity with Postural Awareness	0.37^*	0.48^*	0.09^*	0.23^*	0.28^*	0.16^*	0.23^*	0.11^*	0.36^*
Need for Attention Regulation with Postural Awareness	0.01	0.17^*	0.32^*	0.19^*	0.24^*	0.19^*	0.18^*	0.11^*	0.25^*
Spinal/shoulder pain
PAS total	0.29^*	0.46^*	0.12	0.34^*	0.30^*	0.20^*	0.20^*	0.17^*	0.41^*
Ease/Familiarity with Postural Awareness	0.46^*	0.48^*	−0.00	0.32^*	0.25^*	0.15^*	0.18^*	0.10	0.42^*
Need for Attention Regulation with Postural Awareness	0.02	0.29^*	0.20^*	0.24^*	0.25^*	0.19^*	0.14	0.18^*	0.28^*

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