Taxometric analysis of alexithymia in a general population sample from Finland

AK Mattila, KV Keefer, GJ Taylor, M Joukamaa… - Personality and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Results from a recent taxometric investigation of the alexithymia construct, measured by the
20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), with English-speaking samples in Canada …

Validity and reliability of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) in a population study

J Kauhanen, J Julkunen, JT Salonen - Journal of psychosomatic research, 1992 - Elsevier
Alexithymia refers to the difficulties an individual has to experience and express his feelings.
Various self-report questionnaires have been introduced to measure alexithymia, but only a …

Latent structure of the alexithymia construct: a taxometric investigation.

JDA Parker, KV Keefer, GJ Taylor… - Psychological …, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite a wealth of research on the validity of alexithymia and its association with a number
of common medical and psychiatric disorders, the fundamental question of whether …

Prevalence of alexithymia and its association with sociodemographic variables in the general population of Finland

JK Salminen, S Saarijärvi, E Äärelä, T Toikka… - Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
The prevalence of alexithymia and its association with sociodemographic variables were
studied in a sample of 1285 subjects representing the general population of Finland …

The 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: IV. Reliability and factorial validity in different languages and cultures

GJ Taylor, RM Bagby, JDA Parker - Journal of psychosomatic research, 2003 - Elsevier
Objective: The aim of this paper was to review findings from studies that have evaluated the
reliability and factorial validity of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in different …

Taxometric analysis of the Toronto structured interview for alexithymia: further evidence that alexithymia is a dimensional construct

KV Keefer, GJ Taylor, JDA Parker, RM Bagby - Assessment, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Alexithymia is a clinically relevant personality construct characterized by difficulties
identifying and describing feelings, externally oriented thinking, and impoverished imaginal …

Alexithymia in the German general population

M Franz, K Popp, R Schaefer, W Sitte… - Social psychiatry and …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract The Toronto-Alexithymia-Scale (TAS-20) is used worldwide as a valid
measurement of alexithymia. Until now, population-based standardization and cut-off values …

Psychometric properties of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale and prevalence of alexithymia in a Finnish adolescent population

P Säkkinen, R Kaltiala-Heino, K Ranta, R Haataja… - Psychosomatics, 2007 - Elsevier
The authors assessed, in an adolescent population sample, the internal consistency, test–
retest stability, and factor structure of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS–20) and …

Depression is strongly associated with alexithymia in the general population

K Honkalampi, J Hintikka, A Tanskanen… - Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: This study examines how alexithymia and depression are related to each other in
men and women in a sample of Finnish general population n= 2018. Methods: Alexithymia …

Why do alexithymic features appear to be stable? A 12-month follow-up study of a general population

K Honkalampi, H Koivumaa-Honkanen… - Psychotherapy and …, 2001 - karger.com
Abstract Background: This 12-month follow-up study investigated the prevalence of
alexithymia and its relationship with depression in a sample of the general population from …