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Psychometric Properties of the Observer Alexithymia Scale in a Clinical Sample

Pages 176-186 | Published online: 10 Jun 2010

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Fred A. Thorberg, Ross M. Young, Karen A. Sullivan, Michael Lyvers, Cameron P. Hurst, Reidar Tyssen, Jason P. Connor & Gerald F. X. Feeney. (2013) A confirmatory factor analysis of the Observer Alexithymia Scale in treatment seeking alcohol-dependent patients. Journal of Substance Use 18:6, pages 492-498.
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Fred Arne Thorberg, Ross McD. Young, Karen A. Sullivan, Michael Lyvers, Jason P. Connor & Gerald F.X. Feeney. (2010) A psychometric comparison of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Observer Alexithymia Scale (OAS) in an alcohol-dependent sample. Personality and Individual Differences 49:2, pages 119-123.
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Jochen Mueller, Georg W. Alpers & Norman Reim. (2006) Dissociation of rated emotional valence and Stroop interference in observer-rated alexithymia. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 61:2, pages 261-269.
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Sylvie Berthoz, Mark G. Haviland, Matt L. Riggs, Fabienne Perdereau & Catherine Bungener. (2020) Assessing alexithymia in French-speaking samples: psychometric properties of the Observer Alexithymia Scale-French translation. European Psychiatry 20:7, pages 497-502.
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Shuqiao Yao, Jinyao Yi, Xiongzhao Zhu & Mark G. Haviland. (2005) Reliability and factorial validity of the Observer Alexithymia Scale—Chinese translation. Psychiatry Research 134:1, pages 93-100.
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Osvaldo F. Morera, Scott E. Culhane, P.J. Watson & Monica C. Skewes. (2005) Assessing the reliability and validity of the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire among U.S. Anglo and U.S. Hispanic samples. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 58:3, pages 289-298.
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