Psychometric Properties of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in a Group of Italian Younger Adolescents.
- Author:
Giuseppe CRAPARO
1
;
Palmira FARACI
;
Alessio GORI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Alexithymia; Factorial model; Adolescence; TAS-20; Validation
- MeSH: Adolescent*; Affective Symptoms*; Humans; Male; Psychometrics*; Weights and Measures
- From:Psychiatry Investigation 2015;12(4):500-507
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- 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.
