Reliability and factor validity of the Hungarian translation of the Toronto alexithymia scale in undergraduate student samples;A Torontói Alexitímia Skála (TAS-20) magyar változata: Megbízhatósága és eaktorvaliditása egyetemista mintán

Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-368

  Cserjési, Renáta ^a,b   Luminet, Olivier ^b   Lénárd, Láazló ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Egészségpszichológia Tansz k   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Exploratory and confirmatory factor validity; Hungarian translation; TAS 20

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549035467     PISSN: 00250279     EISSN: 15882799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/MPSzle.62.2007.3.4     Document Type: Article

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