The development of the Toronto structured interview for Alexithymia: Item selection, factor structure, reliability and concurrent validity

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-39

  Bagby, R Michael ^a,b,d   Taylor, Graeme J ^a,b   Parker, James D A ^c   Dickens, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Concurrent validity; Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29144447458     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089224     Document Type: Article

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