title: The Revised Toronto Alexithymia Scale: some reliability, validity, and normative data.
abstract: Addressing certain problems with the compositional structure of the self-report Toronto Alexithymia Scale, this paper reports the development of a revised version of the scale as well as results from a preliminary series of studies evaluating its reliability and validity. The Revised Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-R) demonstrated good internal consistency and a stable and replicable two-factor structure that is congruent with the two major dimensions of the alexithymia construct. Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity for the TAS-R was provided by correlations with measures of other constructs. Criterion validity was demonstrated by the ability of TAS-R scores to discriminate between behavioral medicine outpatients designated alexithymic and those designated non-alexithymic on the basis of clinical interview ratings. Normative data are provided for university student, normal adult, and psychiatric outpatient populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bagby
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012016:Reference Values; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology