Assessing Alexithymia: Psychometric Properties and Factorial Invariance of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in Nonclinical and Psychiatric Samples
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DOI: 10.1007/s10862-017-9634-6
Abstract: The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure the three components of alexithymia; difficulty identifying feelings in the self (DIF), difficulty describing feelings (DDF), and externally orientated thinking (EOT). We… read more here.
Keywords: item toronto; psychometric properties; toronto alexithymia; factor ... See more keywords
Twenty-five years with the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.109940
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Twenty-five years ago, this journal published two articles reporting the development and initial validation of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Since then the literature on alexithymia has burgeoned with the vast majority of… read more here.
Keywords: alexithymia scale; item toronto; five years; toronto alexithymia ... See more keywords
Examining the Incremental Validity of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) Relative to the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20).
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DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2023.2201831
Abstract: The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) is the most widely used instrument for assessing alexithymia, with more than 25 years of research supporting its reliability and validity. The items that compose this scale were written to… read more here.
Keywords: incremental validity; item toronto; alexithymia; toronto alexithymia ... See more keywords
The measurement of alexithymia in children and adolescents: Psychometric properties of the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children and the twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in different non-clinical and clinical samples of children and adolescents
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177982
Abstract: This study had two aims. Firstly, the psychometric properties of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children (AQC) that measure the three dimensions of alexithymia (DIF, difficulty identifying feelings; DDF,… read more here.
Keywords: depression; item toronto; psychometric properties; alexithymia ... See more keywords