Factor analysis of the toronto alexithymie scale: Elucidation of a polythetic construct

Lee S. Mann; Thomas N. Wise; Laurel Shay

doi:10.1159/000288608

Factor analysis of the toronto alexithymie scale: Elucidation of a polythetic construct

Lee S. Mann, Thomas N. Wise, Laurel Shay

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Abstract

The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) offers a reliable method to measure alexithymia, a personality construct describing individuals endorsing the inability to identify and report emotions, possessing a minimal fantasy life, utilizing an analytic cognitive style, and tending to somatize. Utilizing four cohorts of both patients and controls, a three-factor solution emerged from a principal-components analysis utilizing a varimax rotation. The factors of inability to identify and report feelings. an analytic cognitive style, and paucity of fantasy life were independent and internally reliable. These data are reviewed in the context of previous research and offer three subscales for future investigations utilizing the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	40-45
Number of pages	6
Journal	Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
Volume	58
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000288608
State	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Affect
Affective disorders
Alexithymia
Emotions
Factor analysis
Personality

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Clinical Psychology
Applied Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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