A confirmatory factor analytic investigation of the TAS-20: Corroboration of a five-factor model and suggestions for improvement

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-257

  Gignac, Gilles E ^a   Palmer, Benjamin R ^b   Stough, Con ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Genos   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE 20;

EID: 37249070294     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701629730     Document Type: Article

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