The predictive value of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale among patients with asthma
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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 subjects. The scale was found to have adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Factor ...
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Psychometric Characteristics of Persian Version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples
Background: Alexithymia as a cluster of cognitive and affective deficits has been studied for its ability to predict a variety of psychological disorders. Given its clinical importance, various self-report questionnaires have been developed to measure alexithymia. The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric characteristics of Persian version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (FTAS...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psychosomatic Research
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0022-3999
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3999(02)00452-x