Comparison of 26-Item and 20-Item Versions of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale for Psychiatric Outpatients

Bibliographic Data

ID13662467
AuthorsThomas N Wise (Departments of Psychiatry, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, corresponding author), Nora Simpson (Departments of Psychiatry, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine), Michael J Sheridan (0000-0002-2542-3347, Departments of Psychiatry, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Year2000
Volume87
Issue1
Pages127-132
Publication date2000-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.2000.87.1.127
PMID11026400
OpenAlexW2128534641
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited10

This study compared the 20-item revised Toronto Alexithymia Scale with the 26-item version for 257 psychiatric outpatients. Scores on the 20-item version significantly correlated with those on the 26-item inventory even when controlled for depressed mood. Furthermore, the 20-item scale showed greater internal consistency. Factor analysis for both versions indicated three subfactors but the factors in the TAS-20 accounted for greater common variance (92%) than for the factors in the TAS-26 (78%). The total variance accounted for by these factors on the TAS-20 (45%) was also greater than for the TAS-26 (38%)

Alexithymia · Internal consistency · Item analysis · Mood · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio · Short Forms · Toronto Alexithymia Scale · Variance (accounting · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments