The assessment of alexithymia: Psychometric properties and validity of the Bermond-Vorst alexithymia questionnaire

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 373-391

  Müller, Jochen ^a   Bühner, Markus ^b   Ellgring, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Bermond Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire; Confirmatory factor analysis; Measurement; Reliability; Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042683144     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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