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Reliability and Factorial Validity of a Farsi. Version of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale with a Sample of Iranian Students
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This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Farsi version of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale for 587 undergraduate students (349 women and 238 men) at the University of Tehran. All participants were asked to complete the Farsi version of the TAS-20, the Emotional Intelligence Scale, and the Mental Health Inventory. Findings supported the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, and three-factor structure of the Farsi version of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. The factors found in the Farsi version of this scale are similar to the three factors found previously and were accordingly labeled as Difficulty Identifying Feelings, Difficulty Describing Feelings, and Externally Oriented Thinking. The results provide evidence for applicability of the TAS-20 and its cross-cultural validity.
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“Secondly, the Farsi version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) has been validated and widely used in Iranian studies [64].”
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- Authors
- Besharat, M. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Tehran, Iran
- Venue
- Psychological Reports
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-08
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 209-220
- ISSN
- 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-691X
- OpenAlex
- W2073340290
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 39
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- FWCI
- 1.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Persian translation, alexithymia, psychometric properties, factorial validity, cross-cultural adaptation, emotional intelligence, mental health, university students, Iranian students
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Affective Symptoms, Canada, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Iran, Language, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students, Reproducibility of Results
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