Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Bobadilla, Leonardo
Author's Email Address	bobadilla@psy.fsu.edu
URN	etd-07092004-163052
Title	Relationship between Interoceptive Acuity and Disinhibitory Disorders
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Psychology, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Jeanette Taylor Committee Chair Brad Schmidt Committee Member Chris Schatschneider Committee Member
Keywords	Substance Use Disorders ASPD Disinhibitory Disorders Interoceptive Acuity
Date of Defense	2004-04-28
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Interoceptive acuity is defined as adeptness at detecting changes in autonomic reactivity (McNally, 1996). Poor interoceptive acuity, i.e. discordance between subjective and physiological reactivity to stressors, has been associated with panic disorder symptoms. We examined the relation between poor interoceptive acuity and disinhibitory disorders (e.g., antisocial personality disorder, ASPD). Skin conductance responses (SCRs) to unpredictable and predictable blasts of white noise were collected from 123 (73 female) participants who then rated their subjective reactivity to the blasts. Larger discrepancies between physiological and psychological reactivity were related to higher counts of ASPD, alcohol, and cannabis use disorder symptoms. Higher physiological reactivity was related to higher number of social anxiety disorder symptoms. Our findings suggest that poor interoceptive acuity may be related to disinhibitory psychopathology.
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