The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20): A measure of general psychological distress

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 707-710

  Leising, Daniel ^a   Grande, Tilman ^b   Faber, Rainer ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotions; Experience; Expressivity; Rating; TAS 20; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349124354     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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