title: The Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire: a measurement invariance examination among U.S. Anglos and U.S. Hispanics.
abstract: The aim of this article is to assess the measurement invariance of the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire (BVAQ) in U.S. Anglo (n = 490) and U.S. Hispanic ( n = 379) samples of college students. The BVAQ items demonstrated invariance of the factor loadings, the latent item intercepts, and unique factor variances. However, Hispanics had higher verbalizing scores and lower fantasizing scores on the latent variables. As a whole, the BVAQ requires additional testing and/or refinement for use with a Hispanic sample. Until such refinements, the authors recommend that the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 be used with U.S. Hispanic samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminal Justice, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA. sculhane@uwyo.edu
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Culhane
authors.forename: Osvaldo F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Morera
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Roger E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Millsap
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult