ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018
Psychometric Properties of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in the Chilean Population.
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- The Structure of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20): A Meta-Analytic Confirmatory Factor Analysis.Assessment · 2022Pooled it
- The Silent Burden: Understanding Alexithymia and Its Correlation With University Student Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Alexithymia in Patients with Somatization Difficulties and Tinnitus-Related Distress: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Shame, Guilt, and Self-Consciousness in Anorexia Nervosa.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Confirmatory factor analysis of 20-item toronto alexithymia scale in spanish patients with substance use disorder.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2022Article
- Weak Hand Grip Strength Is Associated with Alexithymia in Outpatients in a Mexican Population.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Assessing Alexithymia: Psychometric Properties of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire in a Spanish-Speaking Sample.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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- Balanced and positively worded personality short-forms: Mini-IPIP validity and cross-cultural invariance.PeerJ · 2018Article
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Abstract
Alexithymia can be defined as inability to identify and describe emotions in the self. Has shown to be related to several psychological and pathological processes that can result in unsatisfactory interpersonal relationships and decreased social adjustment. Advances in research of alexithymia require the development and validation of assessment instruments, and its application to different population. With this aim, we studied the psychometric properties of the Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in Chilean population using various modeling procedures (e.g., CFA, ESEM) in different structures (i.e., Correlated, Unidimensional, Hierarchical or Wording factors). Among the 10 models tested, the four-dimensional structure offered the best fit but with item-loading problems in the last factor (Pragmatic Thinking). We suggest that the studied version of the scale needs improvement (theoretical and empirical) to ensure optimal indices of validation for Chilean population.
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