title: Development of the Alexithymia Scale for Children: a preliminary study.
abstract: The Alexithymia Scale for Children-Teacher Form was developed with a sample of 286 elementary schoolchildren. The validity and reliability of the measure were supported by factor analytic structure, relatively high internal consistency, test-retest correlation over 2 mo., and correlations of .24 to .39 with scores on the Yatabe-Guilford Personality Test. Factor analysis yielded two factors related to alexithymia, Difficulty in Describing Feelings and Difficulty Relating to Others. Alexithymia constructs such as a paucity of fantasy life and externally oriented thinking were not recorded.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan. fukunisi@prit.go.jp
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukunishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wogan
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results