Assessing alexithymia in French-speaking samples: Psychometric properties of the Observer Alexithymia Scale-French translation

European Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 497-502

  Berthoz, Sylvie ^a   Haviland, Mark G ^b   Riggs, Matt L ^c   Perdereau, Fabienne ^a   Bungener, Catherine ^d  

^a INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Observer Alexithymia Scale; Observer ratings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SIBLING; SOMATIZATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 27944448453     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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