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Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Relationship with Personality and Psychopathology Measures
Abstract
The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) is a 26-item self-report measure of alexithymia with good internal consistency and test-retest reliability, and a factor structure congruent with the alexithymia construct. This study assesses the construct validity of the scale by examining its relationship with several personality and psychopathology measures. In a sample of 81 college students, the TAS correlated strongly and positively with a measure of hypochondriasis but negatively with measures of psychological mindedness and 'need for cognition'. There were low-magnitude correlations between the TAS and measures of self-depreciation, social introversion, persecutory ideation, and impulse expression, but no correlation with a measure of denial. These results indicate that the TAS is assessing adequately the theoretical domain relevant to its item and factor structure.
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- Authors
- Bagby, M., Taylor, G. J., & Ryan, D.
- Venue
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Published
- 1986
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 207-215
- ISSN
- 0033-3190 (ISSN-L)
- 1423-0348
- OpenAlex
- W1987384733
- Cited by
- 255
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 5.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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