Psychometric Properties of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in a Group of Italian Younger Adolescents
Psychiatry Investigation
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: 500-507, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Alexithymia is a personality construct that inhibits and interferes with normal affect regulating abilities. The purpose of our study was to assess psychometric properties of TAS-20 in younger adolescents.METHODS:
Data were collected from 508 younger adolescents (48.8% male and 51.2% female) with a mean age of 12.56 years (DS=0.50, range 12-13 years). We administered the following scales 20-Item-Toronto Alexithymia Scale.RESULTS:
The confirmatory factor analysis performed on the second random subsample showed reasonable goodness-of-fit for the oblique bi-factorial model [chi]2 (32, n=254)=54.22; p=0.008; chi2/df=1.69; NNFI=0.92; CFI=0.95; SRMR=0.05; RMSEA=0.05; 90% confidence interval=0.027-0.078.CONCLUSION:
Based on the outcomes of our research we support the idea of evaluating adolescents for alexithymia.
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Asunto principal:
Psicometría
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Pesos y Medidas
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Síntomas Afectivos
Límite:
Adolescente
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Psychiatry Investigation
Año:
2015
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