Reliability and factorial validity of the Turkish version of the 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20)

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-221

  Güleç, Hüseyin ^a   Köse, Samet ^b   Güleç, Medine Y ^a   Çitak, Serhat ^a   Evren, Cüneyt ^c   Borckardt, Jeffrey ^d   Sayar, Kemal ^a  

^a Erenkoy Mental Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bakirkoy Mental Health Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Confirmatory factor analysis; Factorial validity; Reliability; TAS 20

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TURKISH VERSION OF THE 20 ITEM TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 70350063586     PISSN: 10177833     EISSN: 13029657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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