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Assessing Alexithymia across Asian and Western Cultures: Psychometric Properties of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire and Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 in Singaporean and Australian Samples

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Published in 2022 at "Journal of Personality Assessment"

DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2022.2095641

Abstract: Abstract Alexithymia refers to difficulties identifying feelings (DIF), describing feelings (DDF), and externally orientated thinking (EOT). Originally conceptualized by American psychiatrists, some researchers have since questioned the validity and application of this construct in Asian… read more here.

Keywords: psychometric properties; alexithymia; asian western; western cultures ... See more keywords
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Cross-cultural similarity in relationship-specific social touching

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Published in 2019 at "Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences"

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0467

Abstract: Many species use touching for reinforcing social structures, and particularly, non-human primates use social grooming for managing their social networks. However, it is still unclear how social touch contributes to the maintenance and reinforcement of… read more here.

Keywords: relationship specific; cross cultural; cultural similarity; western cultures ... See more keywords