Comparison of 26-item and 20-item versions of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale for psychiatric outpatients

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-132

  Wise, Thomas N ^a   Simpson, Nora ^b   Sheridan, Michael J ^b  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034241137     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.1.127     Document Type: Article

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