ASSESSMENT OF ALEXITHYMIA: PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE (TAS) - A PRELIMINARY REPORT

The present study was aimed at assessing the utility of a scale to measure alexithymia in the Indian cultural set up. Vernacular version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) a newly devised self report alexithymia scale was assessed for its psychometric properties in a sample of 116 normal subject...

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Autores principales: Sriram, T.G., Chaturvedi, S.K., Gopinath, P.S., Subbakrishna, D.K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927227
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Sumario:The present study was aimed at assessing the utility of a scale to measure alexithymia in the Indian cultural set up. Vernacular version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) a newly devised self report alexithymia scale was assessed for its psychometric properties in a sample of 116 normal subjects. The scale was found to have adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Factor analysis with varimax procedure yielded a four factor solution consistent with the construct of alexithymia. The results of the study indicate that the TAS could be a potentially useful instrument to assess alexithymia in our cultural set up.

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