The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia scale—I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure

R.Michael Bagby; James D.A. Parker; Graeme J. Taylor

doi:10.1016/0022-3999(94)90005-1

journal article Jan 01, 1994

The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia scale—I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure

R.Michael Bagby James D.A. Parker Graeme J. Taylor

Journal of Psychosomatic Research Vol. 38 No. 1 pp. 23-32 · Elsevier BV

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R.Michael Bagby, James D.A. Parker, Graeme J. Taylor (1994). The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia scale—I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 38(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3999(94)90005-1

The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia scale—I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure

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