Cross-cultural validation of a Chinese translation of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 489-496

  Zhu, Xiongzhao ^a   Yi, Jinyao ^a   Yao, Shuqiao ^a   Ryder, Andrew G ^b   Taylor, Graeme J ^c   Bagby, R Michael ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 34547842145     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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