The 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: III. Reliability and factorial validity in a community population

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-275

  Parker, James D A ^a   Taylor, Graeme J ^b,c   Bagby, R Michael ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Factorial validity; Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0642366979     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00578-0     Document Type: Article

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