Are alexithymia and Type D personality distinct or overlapping constructs? A confirmatory factor analysis of the Toronto alexithymia and Type D scales

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 683-686

  Williams, Lynn ^a   Curren, Cindy ^a   Bruce, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Confirmatory factor analysis; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960422849     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Bagby R.M., Parker J.D.A., Taylor G.J. The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale-I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1994, 38:23-32.
2. De Fruyt F., Denollet J. Type D personality: A Five-Factor Model perspective. Psychology and Health 2002, 17:671-683.
3. Denollet J.K.L. DS14: Standard Assessment of negative affectivity, social inhibition, and Type D personality. Psychosomatic Medicine 2005, 67:89-97.
4. Denollet J., Sys S.U., Stroobant N., Rombouts H., Gillebert T.C., Brutsaert D.L. Personality as independent predictor of long term mortality in patients with coronary heart disease. Lancet 1996, 347:417-421.
5. Ferguson E., Williams L., O'Connor R.C., Howard S., Hughes B.M., Johnston D.W., et al. A taxometric analysis of Type-D personality. Psychosomatic Medicine 2009, 71:981-986.
6. Hu L., Bentler P.M. Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling 1999, 6:1-55.
7. Kline R.B. Principles and practice of structural equation modeling 1998, Guilford Press, New York.
8. Kudielka B.M., von Kanel R., Gander M.-L., Fischer J.E. The interrelationship of psychosocial risk factors for coronary artery disease in a working population: Do we measure distinct or overlapping psychological concepts. Behavioral Medicine 2004, 30:35-43.
9. Luminet O., Bagby R.M., Wagner H., Taylor G.J., Parker J.D. Relation between alexithymia and the five-factor model of personality: A facet-level analysis. Journal of Personality Assessment 1999, 73:345-358.
10. Pedersen S.S., Denollet J. Is type D personality here to stay? Emerging evidence across cardiovascular disease patient groups. Current Cardiology Reviews 2006, 6(2):205-213.
11. Schumacker R.E., Lomax R.G. A beginner's guide to structural equation modeling 2004, Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ.
12. Taylor G.J., Bagby R.M., Parker J.D.A. The alexithymia construct: A potential paradigm for psychosomatic medicine. Psychosomatics 1991, 32:153-164.
13. Thorberg F.A., Young R.M., Sullivan K.A., Lyvers M. Alexithymia and alcohol use disorders: A critical review. Addictive Behaviors 2009, 34:237-245.
14. Thorberg F.A., Young R.M., Sullivan K.A., Lyvers M., Hurst C. A confirmatory factor analysis of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in an alcohol-dependent sample. Psychiatry Research 2010, 178:565-567.
15. Todarello O., Taylor G.J., Parker J.D.A., Fanelli M. Alexithymia in essential hypertension and psychiatric outpatients: A comparative study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1995, 39:987-994.
16. Tselebis A., Kosmas E., Bratis D., Moussas G., Karkanias A., Ilias I., et al. Prevalence of alexithymia and its association with anxiety and depression in a sample of Greek chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) outpatients. Annals of General Psychiatry 2010, 9:16.
17. Ullman J.B. Structural equation modeling. Using multivariate statistics 2007, Allyn and Bacon/Pearson, Boston, MA. 5th ed. B.G. Tabachnick, L.S. Fidell (Eds.).
18. Vorst H.C.M., Bermond B. Validity and reliability of the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences 2001, 30:413-434.
19. Wheaton B., Muthen B., Alwin D.F., Summers G. Assessing reliability and stability in panel models. Sociological Methodology 1977, 8:84-136.
20. Williams L., O'Connor R.C., Grubb N., O'Carroll R.E. Type D personality and illness perceptions in myocardial infarction patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2011, 70:141-144.