Title |
Psychometric Properties of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in a Group of Italian Younger Adolescents
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Published in |
Psychiatry Investigation, September 2015
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DOI | 10.4306/pi.2015.12.4.500 |
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Authors |
Giuseppe Craparo, Palmira Faraci, Alessio Gori |
Abstract |
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. 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. 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; χ(2)/df=1.69; NNFI=0.92; CFI=0.95; SRMR=0.05; RMSEA=0.05; 90% confidence interval=0.027-0.078. Based on the outcomes of our research we support the idea of evaluating adolescents for alexithymia. |
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