Reliability and factorial validity of a farsi version of the 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale with a sample of Iranian students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 209-220

  Besharat, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CANADA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 34948903846     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.1.209-220     Document Type: Article

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