title: Factor analysis of the French version of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20).
abstract: A French version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 Items (TAS-20) was factor-analyzed on a sample of 263 university students and its factor solution analyzed along with the studies using the Canadian version. Our results show a two-factor solution where the items rating the difficulty to identify feelings and the items rating the difficulty to describe feelings constitute a sole factor contrary to the Canadian version. These data are reviewed in the context of previous research and offer two subscales for future investigations utilizing the TAS-20.
authors.affiliation: Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hopital Pinel, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Loas
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Otmani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verrier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fremaux
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Marchand
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results