| The Revised Toronto Alexithymia Scale: some reliability, validity, and normative data. | |
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PMID: 1584897 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Addressing certain problems with the compositional structure of the self-report Toronto Alexithymia Scale, this paper reports the development of a revised version of the scale as well as results from a preliminary series of studies evaluating its reliability and validity. The Revised Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-R) demonstrated good internal consistency and a stable and replicable two-factor structure that is congruent with the two major dimensions of the alexithymia construct. Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity for the TAS-R was provided by correlations with measures of other constructs. Criterion validity was demonstrated by the ability of TAS-R scores to discriminate between behavioral medicine outpatients designated alexithymic and those designated non-alexithymic on the basis of clinical interview ratings. Normative data are provided for university student, normal adult, and psychiatric outpatient populations. |
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Authors:
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G J Taylor; R M Bagby; J D Parker |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychotherapy and psychosomatics Volume: 57 ISSN: 0033-3190 ISO Abbreviation: Psychother Psychosom Publication Date: 1992 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1992-06-17 Completed Date: 1992-06-17 Revised Date: 2009-11-11 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0024046 Medline TA: Psychother Psychosom Country: SWITZERLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 34-41 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada. |
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Adult Affective Symptoms / diagnosis*, psychology Female Humans Male Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data* Psychometrics Psychophysiologic Disorders / diagnosis, psychology Reference Values Somatoform Disorders / diagnosis, psychology |
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