THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE EKSTEROCEPTIVE BODY AWARENESS QUESTIONNAIRE

VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE EKSTEROCEPTIVE BODY AWARENESS QUESTIONNAIRE

Our study was planned to establish the validity and reliability of the EBA-Q Questionnaire, developed to determine external body awareness, in Turkish and to contribute it to the literature for use in research.

Examining body awareness in all its aspects is a fundamental concept for a deeper understanding of mind-body interactions, and body awareness assessments and treatments have been frequently used in the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation in recent years. The current body awareness self-report measures are only items related to internal perception or body perception questionnaires that measure internal perception and proprioception, but the only questionnaire we encountered in the literature that assesses exteroceptive awareness is the exteroceptive body awareness questionnaire (EBA-Q) developed in 2023. EBA-Q is an assessment tool used to measure a person's ability to perceive their own body based on exteroceptive signals and to accurately evaluate changes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Those who can read and write Turkish
• have any brain damage, serious musculoskeletal problems, or neurological problems.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals with cognitive, mental, or psychological problems
• have received body awareness/perception training excluded from the study.