Hüseyin Güleç, Samet Köse, Medine Yazıcı Güleç, Serhat Çıtak, Cüneyt Evren, Jeffrey P. Borckardt, Kemal Sayar,
... Uyarlaman›n ic tutarl›¤› da yeterli olarak gorulmektedir. TAS-20 Turkce uyarlamas›n›n Turk ornekle- mi icin ... version of the 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20) Aims: The aim of this study was to ... version of the 20- item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) developed by Bagby et al. in a student ... was determined to estimate internal reliability of the TAS-20 and subscales and correlations between each item and total score were also calculated. Results: The Turkish TAS-20 showed a three-factor model. The Cronbach alpha ...
Tópico(s): Problem Solving Skills Development
2009 - Taylor & Francis | Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni-Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Grégoire Zimmermann, Vincent Quartier, Mathieu Bernard, Virginie Salamin, Christian Maggiori,
... structure factorielle et la consistance interne de la TAS-20 sur un échantillon d'adolescents (n = 264), ainsi ... échantillon. La structure à trois facteurs de la TAS-20 a été confirmée par notre analyse factorielle confirmatoire. ... augmente plus le niveau d'alexithymie (score total TAS-20), la difficulté à identifier les sentiments et les ... 17 ans. Notre étude indique donc que la TAS-20 est un instrument adéquat pour évaluer l'alexithymie ... this period. The 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20) is the most widely used self-report measure ...
Tópico(s): Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
2007 - Elsevier BV | L Encéphale
Yoshiya Moriguchi, Motonari Maeda, Tetsuya Igarashi, Toshio Ishikawa, Masayasu Shoji, Chiharu Kubo, Gen Komaki,
... assessment using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in Japan is unknown. Low reliability has been found for the third factor of the TAS-20 in some cultures, and the factor structure for ... has infrequently been investigated.The newly-developed Japanese TAS-20 was administered to a normative sample (n = 2, ... and the clinical samples. The correlations between the TAS-20 and the NEO-FFI factor scores were evaluated. Age-related and gender differences in the TAS-20 were explored using analysis of variance in the ...
Tópico(s): Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
2007 - BioMed Central | BioPsychoSocial Medicine
Claudia Subič-Wrana, Susanne Bruder, W. Rees Thomas, Richard D. Lane, K. Köhle,
Objective: The TAS 20 has demonstrated strong psychometric properties in a broad variety of studies in healthy populations. Much less work has ... in clinical contexts exploring the validity of the TAS 20 as a measure of the cognitive processing of emotions. The TAS 20, a self-report scale, tends to correlate with ... cognitive processing of emotion. We therefore used the TAS 20 and a performance measure, the Levels of Emotional ... to somatic disorders, eating disorders). Changes in the TAS 20 and LEAS were compared at the two time ...
Tópico(s): Mental Health and Psychiatry
2005 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Psychosomatic Medicine
Anne-Sophie Deborde, Sylvie Berthoz, Fabienne Perdereau, Nathalie Godart, Maurice Corcos, P. Jeammet,
... échelle d’alexithymie de Toronto à 20 items (TAS-20), qui est l’autoquestionnaire le plus couramment employé, ... validité concourante du BVAQ-B et de la TAS-20. Les résultats mettent en évidence que la validité ... report questionnaires, the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia scale (TAS-20) is the most commonly used, but it fails ... recent studies comparing the psychometric properties of the TAS-20 and the BVAQ have recommended the BVAQ over the TAS-20. However, this questionnaire needed further validation. Thus, the ...
Tópico(s): Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
2004 - Elsevier BV | L Encéphale
... and with regard to the Toronto Alexithymia scale (TAS-20) subscales and the Hamilton rating scale for depression ( ... were assessed through the HAM-D and the TAS-20 and compared to the control group (n = 63). ... depressive symptoms, globally and with regard to the TAS-20 subscales and the HAM-D subscales, were investigated. ... BETWEEN: the HAM-D total score and the TAS-20 total score; the HAM-D factor V (psychomotor retardation) and the TAS-20 total score; the TAS-20 subscale III (externally oriented thinking) and the HAM- ...
Tópico(s): Mental Health and Psychiatry
2013 - Dove Medical Press | Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
Yu Ling, Yifang Zeng, Hongmei Yuan, Mingtian Zhong,
... summary What is known on the subject? The TAS‐20 is the most widely used self‐reported questionnaire ... What this paper adds to existing knowledge? The TAS‐20‐C exhibited high levels of reliability and validity, ... who are at risk of alexithymia through the TAS‐20 could help to perform necessary and effective precautions ... version of the 20‐item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS‐20‐C) in a sample of Chinese adolescents. Method ... from three schools in mainland China completed the TAS‐20‐C, the somatization subscale of the Symptom Checklist ...
Tópico(s): Infant Health and Development
2016 - Wiley | Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Maíra Stivaleti Colombarolli, Ana Carolina Zuanazzi, Fabiano Koich Miguel, Luciano Giromini,
... processing of emotions) is the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Because this measure has been poorly investigated in Brazil and emerging research suggests that TAS-20 scores might vary from one culture to another, ... 1) investigate the psychometric properties of a Brazilian TAS-20; and (2) examine the degree to which Brazilian non-clinical TAS-20 scores differ from the scores of non-clinical ... inspected internal consistency and factor structure of the TAS-20, and tested the association of TAS-20 scores ...
Tópico(s): Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
2019 - SAGE Publishing | Transcultural Psychiatry
Sami Hamdan Alzahrani, Coumaravelou Saravanan, Ibrahim Mahmoud, Jameel Beshawri, Mohammed R. Algethami,
... students was conducted using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) to assess the prevalence of alexithymia and potentially ... On the one hand, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) model proposes that alexithymia is due to disturbances ... of alexithymia, we used the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), one of the most commonly used measures of alexithymia. The TAS-20 is a self-report scale comprising 20 items ... 1=strongly disagree, and 5=strongly agree. The TAS-20 has three subscales. The Difficulty Describing Feelings subscale ...
Tópico(s): Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
2020 - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre | Annals of Saudi Medicine
R. Michael Bagby, James D. A. Parker, Karin A. Onno, Ardeshir Mortezaei, Graeme J. Taylor,
... The self-report 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) is the most frequently used measure to assess alexithymia. A concern associated with the TAS-20 is whether individuals can accurately self-report difficulties ... and validate an informant form (version) of the TAS-20, the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale – Informant Form (TAS-20-IF). We employed a three-phase methodological strategy. In the first phase, items from the TAS-20 were re-written into a third person version ... traditional" three-factor structure was tested in the TAS-20-IF using confirmatory factor analysis in a large ...
Tópico(s): Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
2020 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Cornelis G. Kooiman, Philip Spinhoven, R.W. Trijsburg,
... on the validity of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and to present data regarding the validity of the TAS-20. Methods: The literature on the psychometric properties of the TAS-20 was reviewed and a study was conducted of ... revealed that the majority of studies on the TAS-20 were conducted with nonpatient samples. The factorial validity ... the alexithymia construct is not included in the TAS-20. Although many studies were conducted on the construct validity of the TAS-20, no studies have been published on its criterion ...
Tópico(s): Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
2002 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Jan Terock, Deborah Janowitz, Carsten Spitzer, Martin Miertsch, Harald J. Freyberger, Hans J. Grabe,
... and discharge (t1). The Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20 (TAS-20), the SD subscale of the TCI and the ... to calculate associations and the predictive power of TAS-20 and SD on psychopathology at admission and treatment outcome. ANOVA was used to calculate interactions of TAS-20 and SD on treatment outcome. A general linear ... outcome of four subgroups, defined by high/low TAS-20 and SD scores.Regression analyses revealed significant prediction of the baseline General Severity Index (GSIt0) by TAS-20 (df=4, 711; Beta: 0.385; p<0. ...
Tópico(s): Mental Health and Psychiatry
2015 - Elsevier BV | Comprehensive Psychiatry
Heather Devine, Sherry H. Stewart, Margo C. Watt,
... ASI) and the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). A sample of 238 undergraduate students completed the ASI, the TAS-20, and measures of trait anxiety and panic. A ... 36) was found to have a significantly higher TAS-20 total score than a group of low AS ... n=41), both before and after conceptually redundant TAS-20 items were removed. ASI scores were found to ... significantly positively correlated with scores on the two TAS-20 subscales suspected of sharing a functional relation with ... were not significantly correlated with scores on the TAS-20 subscale believed to be functionally unrelated to AS ( ...
Tópico(s): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
1999 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Katharina Ledermann, Roland von Känel, Jürgen Barth, Ulrich Schnyder, Hansjörg Znoj, Jean‐Paul Schmid, Rebecca E. Meister Langraff, Mary Princip,
... discharge, all patients completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and underwent the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), ... 152) = p < 0.001). The scores of the TAS-20 subscale difficulties identifying feelings (DIF) were found to ... 0.03, p = 0.04). The scores of TAS-20 subscales DDF and EOT as well as the TAS-20 total score had no influence on the relationship ... pacientes completaron la Escala de Toronto de Alexitimia (TAS-20) y fueron sometidos a una entrevista estructurada para ... por sus siglas en inglés) dentro de las TAS-20 moderaba significativamente esta relación (R2 = 0.03, p = ...
Tópico(s): Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
2020 - Taylor & Francis | European journal of psychotraumatology
Geir Pedersen, Eivind Normann‐Eide, Ingeborg Ulltveit‐Moe Eikenæs, Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein, Theresa Wilberg,
Psychometric properties of 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) have been widely analyzed, but the validity and psychometric qualities of the TAS-20 in populations with personality disorders are still poorly ... to analyze the factor structure and validity of TAS-20.Data were extracted from a multisite clinical sample ... mental health services in Norway.With one exception, TAS-20 revealed acceptable psychometric properties. Variations of TAS-20 are associated with other clinical measures of distress ...
Tópico(s): Mental Health and Psychiatry
2021 - Wiley | Journal of Clinical Psychology
Ioannis Tsaousis, Graeme J. Taylor, Lena C. Quilty, Stelios Georgiades, Marios Stavrogiannopoulos, R. Michael Bagby,
... structure of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) corresponding to the theoretical conceptualization of the alexithymia ... in a Greek translation of the scale (the TAS-20-G), (2) to assess if a 3-factor structure provides a better fit to the TAS-20-G compared with the recently proposed alternative factor ... 3) to evaluate the internal reliability of the TAS-20-G. The English version of the TAS-20 was translated into Greek and then back-translated ... consistency and item-to-scale homogeneity of the TAS-20-G and its factor scales were also evaluated. ...
Tópico(s): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
2009 - Elsevier BV | Comprehensive Psychiatry
Rosa Maria De Santo, A Livrea, Natale G. De Santo, Giovanni Conzo, Giancarlo Bilancio, S Celsi, Massimo Círillo,
... We measured alexithymia with the Toronto Alexithymia Score (TAS-20), sleep disorders with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index ( ... r = 0.505, P < .001). A reduction of TAS-20 occurred after PTX which correlated with the number ... concentration in the univariate and multivariate analysis. When TAS-20 and PSQI were adjusted for BDI (using analysis ... variance) there was still a significant difference of TAS-20 and PSQI between patients needing PTX and not ... We measured alexithymia with the Toronto Alexithymia Score (TAS-20), sleep disorders with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index ( ...
Tópico(s): Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
2010 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Renal Nutrition
Gilles E. Gignac, Benjamin R. Palmer, Con Stough,
... approach to thinking. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale–20 (TAS–20; Bagby, Parker, & Taylor, 1994 Bagby, R. M., Parker, ... studies have examined the factor structure of the TAS–20, a number of issues remain unresolved. Specifically, the severely unbalanced item-keyed nature of the TAS–20 has been suggested to limit the interpretation of ... by 2 oblique factors. A review of the TAS–20 confirmatory factory analysis (CFA) literature has suggested that ... sample of 355 participants, we demonstrated that the TAS–20 was better represented by a nested factors model ...
Tópico(s): Personality Traits and Psychology
2007 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Personality Assessment
Erwin Lemche, Michael Brammer, Anthony S. David, Simon A. Surguladze, Mary L. Phillips, Mauricio Sierra, Steven Williams, Vincent Giampietro,
... responses on the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and its three subscales F1-F3. The TAS-20 predicts clinical diagnosis of DPD with a unique ... were the globus pallidus externus; for identifying feelings (TAS-20 F1 subscale), the right anterior insula; for description ... sad emotion, the differential region for the total TAS-20 score was the dorsal anterior cingulate gyrus (BA 24); for TAS-20 F1, the left inferior anterior insula; for TAS-20 F2, the right PCC (BA 31); and for TAS-20 F3, the right orbital gyrus (BA 10). Supporting ...
Tópico(s): Action Observation and Synchronization
2013 - Elsevier BV | Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging
A. Hiirola, Sami Pirkola, Max Karukivi, Niina Markkula, R. Michael Bagby, Matti Joukamaa, Antti Jula, E. Kronholm, Simo Saarijãrvi, JK Salminen, Jaana Suvisaari, Graeme J. Taylor, Aino K. Mattila,
... Finland completed the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in the longitudinal Health 2000 and Health 2011 ... as confounders. The mean score (SD) of the TAS-20 for the whole sample was 44.2 (10. ... p = 0.731). The mean score of the TAS-20 subscale Difficulty Identifying Feelings increased by 0.3 ... of the oldest subjects (75–97 years): the TAS-20 mean (SD) score was 49.1 (10.1) ... the effect size for the increase was medium. TAS-20 score in 2000 explained a significant proportion of variance in TAS-20 score in 2011. Controlling for all baseline confounders ...
Tópico(s): Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
2017 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Psychosomatic Research
James D. A. Parker, Jennifer M. Eastabrook, Kateryna V. Keefer, Laura Wood,
The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20; Bagby, Parker, & Taylor, 1994; Bagby, Taylor, & Parker, 1994) is the most widely used self-report measure of the alexithymia construct. The TAS-20 comprises 3 factors that assess difficulty identifying feelings, ... with adolescent respondents, the psychometric properties of the TAS-20 have not been systematically evaluated in preadult populations. ... reliability, and mean levels of responses on the TAS-20 in groups of younger adolescents (aged 13-14 ... 19-21 years). Formal readability analysis of the TAS-20 assessment was also conducted. Results revealed systematic age ...
Tópico(s): Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
2010 - American Psychological Association | Psychological Assessment
Xiongzhao Zhu, Jinyao Yi, Shuqiao Yao, Andrew G. Ryder, Graeme J. Taylor, R. Michael Bagby,
... translation of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20-C) and examine its reliability and factorial validity. The original English version of the TAS-20 was first translated into Chinese and then backtranslated ... retest reliability, and factorial validity were evaluated. The TAS-20-C showed adequate internal and retest reliability in both samples. Average TAS-20-C scores in Chinese samples were slightly higher than, but comparable to, TAS-20 scores in English-speaking Canadian samples; as well, ...
Tópico(s): Action Observation and Synchronization
2007 - Elsevier BV | Comprehensive Psychiatry
Kristina Elfhag, Lars‐Gunnar Lundh,
... association between alexithymia (20‐item Toronto Alexithymia Scale, TAS‐20) and obesity, and also assessed the construct validity of the TAS‐20 in terms of personality dimensions in obese patients. The TAS‐20 and its subscales were analysed for their correlations ... Obesity was associated with higher scores on the TAS‐20 than a Swedish reference sample. Obese men furthermore ... on Externally Oriented Thinking than the obese women. TAS‐20 scores correlated with elevated Neuroticism and lower levels ... and for women also with lower Agreeableness. The TAS‐20 subscales showed divergent associations with personality variables, largely ...
Tópico(s): Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
2007 - Wiley | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Anne-Sophie Deborde, Sylvie Berthoz, Nathalie Godart, Fabienne Perdereau, Maurice Corcos, P. Jeammet,
... questionnaire d’Alexithymie de Toronto à 20 items (TAS-20) et le questionnaire d’Alexithymie de Bermond-Vorst ( ... recent studies comparing the psychometric properties of the TAS-20 and another alexithymia self-report–the Bermond-Vorst ... Questionnaire (BVAQ)–have recommended the BVAQ over the TAS-20. Thus, both questionnaires were included in the present ... BVAQ-B), the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Chapman and Chapman Social Anhedonia Scale (SAS) ... scores, using Pearson's coefficients of correlation. Then, TAS-20, BVAQ-B, SAS and PAS scores were correlated, ...
Tópico(s): Infant Health and Development
2006 - Elsevier BV | L Encéphale
Michele Poletti, Daniela Frosini, Cristina Pagni, Claudio Lucetti, Del Dotto Paolo, Roberto Ceravolo, Ubaldo Bonuccelli,
... assessment including the Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20-item (TAS-20), the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS-15), ... HC: F=5.642; p=0.027). Considering TAS-20 factors (F-1: Difficulty Identifying Feelings; F-2: ... MOCQ–R: Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Questionnaire, Reduced Form; TAS–20: Toronto Alexithymia Scale.*p <0.05.TABLE 1. ... groups, impulsivity was predicted by alexithymia, and, considering TAS-20 factors, only by the TAS-20 F-1 factor. This finding is partially at ... was not found to be associated with the TAS-20 total score, in contrast with our study, but ...
Tópico(s): Mental Health Research Topics
2012 - American Psychiatric Association Publishing | Journal of Neuropsychiatry
Juhyun Park, Jin Yong Jun, Yu Jin Lee, Soohyun Kim, So Hee Lee, So Young Yoo, Seog Ju Kim,
... Scale-Revised (IES-R), Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20), and Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). TAS-20 scores were positively correlated with IES-R scores ( ... 0.32, p < 0.001), but not with TAS-20 scores, after controlling for gender, age, and CES- ... interaction between the number of traumas experienced and TAS-20 scores, for IES-R scores (t = 2.10, p < 0.05). Moderation analysis further revealed that TAS-20 scores moderate the relationship between the number of ... 90, p < 0.01). For refugees with higher TAS-20 scores, those who had experienced more traumas had ...
Tópico(s): Migration, Health and Trauma
2014 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Psychosomatic Research
R. Michael Bagby, James D. A. Parker, Graeme J. Taylor,
... validation of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Since then the literature on alexithymia has burgeoned ... the vast majority of this research using the TAS-20, including multiple language translations of the scale. In ... aspects of the reliability and validity of the TAS-20 and examine some of the controversies surrounding the ... We reflect on the ways in which the TAS-20 has advanced the measurement of the construct and ... aspects of the reliability and validity of the TAS-20, including findings from confirmatory factor analytic and convergent ...
Tópico(s): Action Observation and Synchronization
2020 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Zachary J. Williams, Katherine Gotham,
... such as the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) are frequently used to measure alexithymia in the ... conducted an in-depth psychometric analysis of the TAS-20 in a large sample of 743 cognitively able ... international psychological study. The factor structure of the TAS-20 was examined using confirmatory factor analysis, and item ... alexithymia score in the SPARK sample. Results The TAS-20 did not exhibit adequate model fit in either ... that GAFS-8 scores, as derived from the TAS-20, meaningfully predict autistic trait levels, repetitive behaviors, and ...
Tópico(s): Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
2021 - BioMed Central | Molecular Autism
Michael Carnovale, Graeme J. Taylor, James D. A. Parker, Marcos Sanches, R. Michael Bagby,
The 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) is the most widely used measure to assess the personality construct of alexithymia and is composed of three-factor analytically derived subscales. ... both university student and community samples suggest that TAS-20 total scores are largely reflective of variation on ... and researchers with replicable psychometric information for the TAS-20 estimated from bifactor modeling in an attempt to ... findings were consistent with previous studies indicating that TAS-20 total scores can be considered indicative of a ...
Tópico(s): Traumatic Brain Injury Research
2021 - American Psychological Association | Psychological Assessment
Yu Jin Lee, Seunghee Yu, Seong‐Jin Cho, In Hee Cho, Seung‐Hee Koh, Seog Ju Kim,
... I disorders, completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20), the Temperament and Character Inventory, the State-Trait ... analysis from Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) to TAS-20 scores were made. Low reward dependence (RD), low ... D), and high cooperativeness (CO) had paths to TAS-20 total (P = .000, P = .000, and P = .042, ... path via STAI-state to TAS total. On TAS-20 factor 1, low RD, low S-D, and ... path via STAI-state and (CES-D) on TAS-20 factor 1. On TAS factor 2, low novelty ... 000, P = .000, and P = .004, respectively). On TAS-20 factor 3, low RD and S-D had ...
Tópico(s): Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
2009 - Elsevier BV | Comprehensive Psychiatry