The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Validation of factor solutions using confirmatory factor analysis on physiotherapy out-patients

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-88

  Swift, Louise ^a,c   Stephenson, Richard ^a   Royce, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Lowestoft General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33645397183     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608305X42875     Document Type: Article

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