Psychometric Properties of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in the Chilean Population

Gonzalez-Arias, M ; Martinez-Molina, A (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Galdames, S ; Urzua, A

Resumen: Alexithymia can be defined as inability to identify and describe emotions in the self. Has shown to be related to several psychological and pathological processes that can result in unsatisfactory interpersonal relationships and decreased social adjustment. Advances in research of alexithymia require the development and validation of assessment instruments, and its application to different population. With this aim, we studied the psychometric properties of the Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in Chilean population using various modeling procedures (e.g., CFA, ESEM) in different structures (i.e., Correlated, Unidimensional, Hierarchical or Wording factors). Among the 10 models tested, the four-dimensional structure offered the best fit but with itemloading problems in the last factor (Pragmatic Thinking). We suggest that the studied version of the scale needs improvement (theoretical and empirical) to ensure optimal indices of validation for Chilean population.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00963

Año: 2018

Publicado en: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 9 (2018), 963 [7 pp]
ISSN: 1664-1078

Factor impacto JCR: 2.129 (2018)

Categ. JCR: PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 40 / 137 = 0.292 (2018) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.997 - Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Metod.Ciencias Comportam. (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)