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Body Self-Perception and Sense of Agency: a systematic review of literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

S. Danilo ,
L. Virdia ,
G. Rogier ,
S. Beomonte Zobel ,
R. Cavalli ,
C. Civilla  and
P. Velotti
S. Danilo
Affiliation:
University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy
L. Virdia
Affiliation:
University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy
G. Rogier
Affiliation:
University of Genoa, Department Of Educational Sciences, Genoa, Italy
S. Beomonte Zobel
Affiliation:
University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy
R. Cavalli*
Affiliation:
University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy
C. Civilla
Affiliation:
University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy
P. Velotti
Affiliation:
University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The sense of agency concerns the experience of controlling our actions, referring both to superior and lower levels of psychological functioning that are also related to the physical dimension of agency. Diverse clinical conditions affect the awareness of being a bodily and agentive self.

Objectives

The aim of this systematic review was to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the relationship between individual sense of agency and body perception.

Methods

PsycINFO, Psycharticle, Medline, Web of Science and Scopus were systematically searched for articles published until 19/10/2020.

Results

After removing duplicates, a total of 2.556 records was screened. Fifteen articles were selected based on the inclusion criteria fixed for the systematic review.

Conclusions

In the last decades, this line of research seems to attract a growing number of studies.

However, these studies are affected by a great heterogeneity in the investigation of both constructs.

Body perception and sense agency were operationalized across research in diverse ways, making the evaluation of the relationship between them very difficult. In addition, there is a paucity of studies investigating the relationship between body perception and agency among individuals suffering from specific psychopathology or physical diseases. According to literature review, the main objective for future research is to develop more robust approaches to estimate the variability of these constructs such as their relationship.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Body Self-PerceptionSense of Agencyliteraturereview
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S872
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