Evidence of validity of the German version of the TAS-20 contribution to the 52nd Conference of the German Board of Psychosomatic Medicine in Bad Honnef (2001);Validitätshinweise der Deutschen version der TAS-20 beitrag zur 52. Arbeitstagung des Deutschen Kollegiums für Psychosomatische Medizin in Bad Honnef (2001)

PPmP Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 449-453

  Schäfer, Ralf ^a   Schneider, Christine ^a   Sitte, Wolfgang ^a   Franz, Matthias ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Factorial structure; Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EXTRAVERSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 18744403001     PISSN: 09372032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35279     Document Type: Article

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