An investigation of the construct validity of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale through the use of a verbalization task

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-84

  Tull, Matthew T ^a   Medaglia, Eden ^a   Roemer, Lizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Assessment; Construct validity; Emotion; Emotional awareness; Emotional processing; TAS 20; Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE 20; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBALIZATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 25444518979     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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