The German version of the Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia: factor structure, reliability, and concurrent validity in a psychiatric patient sample

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 424-430

  Grabe, Hans Joergen ^a   Löbel, Susi ^a   Dittrich, Daniel ^a   Bagby, R Michael ^b,c   Taylor, Graeme J ^b,d   Quilty, Lena C ^b,c   Spitzer, Carsten ^e   Barnow, Sven ^f   Mathier, Fabienne ^g   Jenewein, Josef ^g   Freyberger, Harald J ^a   Rufer, Michael ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GERMAN TORONTO STRUCTURED INTERVIEW FOR ALEXITHYMIA; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWITZERLAND; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSLATING;

EID: 68349160529     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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