Toronto Alexithymia Scale-Tas: Reliability and Validity of the Portuguese Version

The purpose of this study was to estimate  the degree of  reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of  the Toronto Alexythymia Scale-TAS. Subjects (N=581) were  394 female and 187 male undergraduate students. The Alpha Coefficient to the  whole...

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Autor: Yoshida, Elisa Medici Pizão
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.editorarevistas.mackenzie.br:article/1119
Acceso en línea:http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/1119
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alexithymia
Scale of Assessment
Measure of Evaluation
Reliability and Validity
Alexitimia
Escala de Avaliação
Medida de Avaliação
Precisão e Validade
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Sumario:The purpose of this study was to estimate  the degree of  reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of  the Toronto Alexythymia Scale-TAS. Subjects (N=581) were  394 female and 187 male undergraduate students. The Alpha Coefficient to the  whole sample (0,71),  as to the  female (0,72) and male (0,71) sub-samples  pointed to the index of  precision of the scale while  the  inter-items coefficient (0,08) to the items’ homogeneity. The factorial analysis showed four factors compatible with those of the TAS’ Spanish version, which  had already proved to be congruent with the English version.  Results suggest that, from a psychometric point of view, the TAS’ Portuguese version  can be considered a  reliable and valid measure of the construct, as its English and Spanish preceding versions.