The alexithymia questionnaire for children (AQC): French translation and validation study in a convenience sample of 80 children;Le questionnaire d'alexithymie pour enfants (QAE): Traduction franaise et étude de validation dans une population de 80 enfants « tout venant »

Encephale

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-306

  Loas, G ^a   Dugre Lebigre C ^b   Fremaux, D ^a   Verrier, A ^a   Wallier, J ^b   Berthoz, S ^b   Corcos, M ^b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Rating scale; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 77956882647     PISSN: 00137006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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