Methods: Forty-six psychiatric outpatients with major depression were essessed for alexithymie and depression with the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scele and the Hamilton Rating Scele for Depression at the stert of treatment (baseline) and…
It is a dimensional personality trait that varies in intensity from person to person. A person's alexithymia score can be measured with questionnaires such as the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire (BVAQ), the Online Alexithymia Questionnaire (OAQ-G2) or the Observer Alexithymia Scale (OAS). The Toronto Alexithymia Scale is a measure of deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions. It was developed in 1986 and later revised, removing some of the items. The current version has twenty statements rated on a five-point Likert scale. In May 2007 the Online Alexithymia Questionnaire underwent a revision of nine questions- 2, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16, 23, 28, 33 having similarities to, or reproductions of, wordings in the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), with duplications being replaced by more original phrasing. The Internet Administration Version of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Psychological Assessment, 26(1), 16-22. Westwood, Kerr-Gaffney, Stahl, & Tchanturia. (2017). Alexithymia in eating disorders: Systematic review and meta-analyses of studies using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 99, 66-81. State as well as trait measures were included. The main outcome variable was patients’ reported history of MUS, and the principal independent variables were neuroticism and the alexithymia subscales as measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS- 20). Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20. (TAS-20; Bagby et al., 1994a, 1994b).
Description of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) is a 20-item, self-administered questionnaire that includes three subscales: difficulty identifying feelings (7 items-e.g., "I am often confused about what emotion I am feeling"), difficulty describing feelings (5 items-e.g., "It is difficult for me to reveal my innermost feelings, even to close Abstract-This study investigated the prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship with somatic complaints in a sample of 118 general psychiatric outpatients. Of the sample 39.8~ scored in the alexithymic range of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. alexithymia, the Psychological Treatment Inventory-Alexithymia Scale (PTI-AS). Method: A group of 778 participants completed the PTI-AS. In order to evaluate aspects of concurrent validity, a part of the sample (n = 116) completed the PTI-AS, the Twenty-Items Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire (BVAQ). In this study, we evaluated the reliability and validity of the Dutch version of the Observer Alexithymia Scale (OAS; Haviland, Warren, & Riggs, 2000) while addressing shortcomings of earlier research. Internal consistency and test–retest reliability were found to be adequate, whereas interrater reliability was insufficient. The original five-factor model (Distant, Uninsightful, Somatizing Comparison of the psychometric properties of two self-report questionnaires measuring alexithymia: Confirmatory factor analysis of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire. European Review of Applied Psychology, 50, 359-368. Google Scholar
Article Information, PDF download for Factorial Validity and Measurement Re-examining the factor structure of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: 1994 MU-3999194 $6 00-t 00 Prmted I” Great Brnam '9 1993 Pergamon Press Ltd zyxwvutsrqpo THE TWENTY-ITEM TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE-II. 25 May 2017 Firstly, the psychometric properties of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children (AQC) Toronto Alexithymia Scale. INSTRUCTIONS: Using the scale provided as a guide, indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements by 7 Jan 2020 Inquisit Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) Online: Download Scripts and View Demos.
Article Information, PDF download for Factorial Validity and Measurement Re-examining the factor structure of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: 1994 MU-3999194 $6 00-t 00 Prmted I” Great Brnam '9 1993 Pergamon Press Ltd zyxwvutsrqpo THE TWENTY-ITEM TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE-II. 25 May 2017 Firstly, the psychometric properties of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children (AQC) Toronto Alexithymia Scale. INSTRUCTIONS: Using the scale provided as a guide, indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements by 7 Jan 2020 Inquisit Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) Online: Download Scripts and View Demos. (TAS-20), the Bermond and Vorst alexithymia questionnaire-form B (BVAQ-B), and the Beck [28] for a recent review), mostly using the Toronto alexithymia. 30 Sep 2015 We administered the following scales: 20-Item-Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to determine the underlying dimensions of the questionnaire, using various criteria of Download Figure
alexithymia in Alcohol Use Disorders, valid assessment tools are critical. The majority of research on the relationship between alexithymia and alcohol-dependence has employed the self-administered Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). The Observer Alexithymia Scale (OAS) has also been recommended. The aim of the
