Comparison of 26-item and 20-item versions of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale for psychiatric outpatients

Thomas N. Wise, Nora Simpson, Michael J. Sheridan

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Abstract

This study compared the 20-item revised Toronto Alexithymia Scale with the 26-item version for 257 psychiatric outpatients. Scores on the 20-item version significantly correlated with those on the 26-item inventory even when controlled for depressed mood. Furthermore, the 20-item scale showed greater internal consistency. Factor analysis for both versions indicated three subfactors but the factors in the TAS-20 accounted for greater common variance (92%) than for the factors in the TAS-26 (78%). The total variance accounted for by these factors on the TAS-20 (45%) was also greater than for the TAS-26 (38%).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)127-132
Number of pages6
JournalPsychological reports
Volume87
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2000
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychology(all)

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