Cross-Cultural Validation of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in U.S. and Peruvian Populations

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 348-362

  Loiselle, Carmen G ^a   Cossette, Sylvie ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

alexithymia; cross cultural validation; private self consciousness; self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THINKING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034762178     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346150103800305     Document Type: Article

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