Toronto Alexithymia Scale Explained

Toronto Alexithymia Scale
Purpose:	measure of deficiency in understanding, processing emotions

The Toronto Alexithymia Scale is a measure of deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions.^[1] It was developed in 1986^[2] and later revised, removing some of the items. The current version has twenty statements rated on a five-point Likert scale.

The reliability and validity of the TAS-20 was established by a series of articles by R. Michael Bagby et al.^[3]

It has been researched extensively.^[4]

See also

• Alexithymia

References

1. Ciarrochi, J.; Bilich, L. (2006). "Process measures of potential relevance to ACT".
2. Taylor . Graeme J. . Ryan . David . Bagby . R. Michael . 1986 . Toward the development of a new self-report alexithymia scale . Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics . 44 . 4 . 191–199 . 10.1159/000287912 . 3837277 .
3. Bagby. R.Michael. Parker. James D.A.. Taylor. Graeme J.. 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. 10.1016/0022-3999(94)90005-1. 8126686. 0022-3999.
4. Taylor . Graeme J. . Bagby . R. Michael . Yyan . David P. . Parker . James D. A. . Doody . Kenneth F. . Keefe . Peter . Criterion Validity of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale . Psychosomatic Medicine . 1988 . 50 . 5 . 500–509 . 10.1097/00006842-198809000-00006 . 3186893 . 1123413 .