What do alexithymia items measure? A discriminant content validity study of the Toronto-alexithymia-scale–20 [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background Questions have been raised about whether items of alexithymia scales assess the construct alexithymia and its key features, and no other related constructs.
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Assessing alexithymia in chronic pain: psychometric properties of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 and Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire. [PDF]
Pain RepAbstract Introduction: Alexithymia is elevated in chronic pain and relates to poor pain-related outcomes. However, despite concerns from other clinical populations, the psychometric properties of alexithymia measures have not been rigorously established in chronic pain. Objective:
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Alexithymia or general psychological distress? Discriminant validity of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire [PDF]
Journal of Affective DisordersAlexithymia is an important transdiagnostic risk factor for emotion-based psychopathologies. However, it remains unclear whether alexithymia questionnaires actually measure alexithymia, or whether they measure emotional distress. Our aim here was to address this discriminant validity concern via exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the 20-item Toronto ...
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Psychometric Properties of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in the Chilean Population. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2018 Alexithymia can be defined as inability to identify and describe emotions in the self. Has shown to be related to several psychological and pathological processes that can result in unsatisfactory interpersonal relationships and decreased social adjustment.
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J Psychosom Res, 2017 The aim of this review was to synthesise the literature on the use of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) in eating disorder populations and Healthy Controls (HCs) and to compare TAS scores in these groups.Electronic databases were searched systematically for studies using the TAS and meta-analyses were performed to statistically compare scores on the ...
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Psychometric Properties and Configural Invariance of the Polish – Language Version of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in Non-clinical and Alcohol Addict Persons [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Sylwia Bedyńska +2 more
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Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2022 This study was conducted to determine the relationship between social media addiction levels and alexithymia in young people who were at home during the pandemic process.
Melike Yavaş Çelik, Fatma Karasu
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Depression and suicidal ideation of women with addicted spouse in Parsabad border town based on perceived stress and alexithymia [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Farhang Mushavirah va Ravān/Darmānī, 2020 The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of perceived stress and alexithymia in predicting depression and suicidal thoughts in Women with addicted spouses. The present study was a descriptive-correlational study.
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Effects of emotional load of words on explicit and implicit memory in university students who have a different level of alexithymia [PDF]
Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi, 2021 The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of emotional load of words (positive, negative and neutral) on explicit and implicit memory performances of participants with low and high alexithymia levels.
Gizem Özkol, Gün Pakyürek
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Alexithymia among patients with unexplained physical symptoms
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Some research suggests that mental health problems can be brought on by the stress of having unexplained symptom. In non-western cultures especially, psychological distress is often communicated through multiple somatic complaints.
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