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Research Article

Cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ): a study in Iran and the USA

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Pages 432-447 | Received 03 Nov 2022, Accepted 16 May 2023, Published online: 07 Jun 2023

Figures & data

Figure 1. PAQ confirmatory factor analysis models. Ellipses = latent factors, squares = observed variables (item numbers). Each item had an error term.

Figure 1. PAQ confirmatory factor analysis models. Ellipses = latent factors, squares = observed variables (item numbers). Each item had an error term.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics and Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega reliability coefficients for the administered measures.

Table 2. Goodness-of-fit index values from confirmatory factor analyses of the PAQ.

Table 3. Standardised item factor loadings for all PAQ items and subscales (Five-factor model).

Table 4. Measurement invariance for the five-factor model across gender, age and culture.

Table 5. Pearson correlations between subscales and total scores of the PAQ, TAS-20, DASS-21, PERCI and ERQ.

Supplemental material

The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire Farsi and English versions and their scoring

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Supplemental Material

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Data availability statement

The data of the present study are available from https://osf.io/njkfc/.