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Psychometric properties of a revised Spanish 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale adaptation in multiple sclerosis patients.

dc.contributor.authorFernández-Jiménez, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorPérez-San-Gregorio, María Ángeles
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Graeme J.
dc.contributor.authorBagby, R. Michael
dc.contributor.authorAyearst, Lindsay E.
dc.contributor.authorIzquierdo, Guillermo
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation[Fernández-Jiménez,E; Pérez-San-Gregorio,MA] Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. [Taylor,GJ; Bagby,RM; Ayearst,LE] University of Toronto, Canada. [Taylor,GJ] Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada. [Bagby,RM] Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada. [Izquierdo,G] Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Spain.es
dc.contributor.funderThis research was supported by the Program of Formation of the University Professors (FPU) of Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Spain.
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-17T10:10:02Z
dc.date.available2016-11-17T10:10:02Z
dc.date.issued2013-09
dc.description.abstractEn la esclerosis múltiple (EM) son escasas las investigaciones centradas en evaluar la alexitimia con la Escala de Alexitimia de Toronto (TAS-20). A pesar de ello, no se ha evaluado aún su estructura factorial en dicha población y, además, las anteriores traducciones al español necesitan modificaciones. Los objetivos del presente estudio fueron evaluar la validez factorial y la fiabilidad de una traducción mejorada en español de la TAS-20 (la TAS-20-S), la cual fue administrada en una muestra de 221 pacientes con EM. Se realizaron análisis factoriales confirmatorios para comparar el ajuste de seis modelos factoriales. También se calcularon coeficientes de consistencia interna y de fiabilidad test-retest. Los modelos trifactorial correlacionado y el de orden superior conformados por Dificultad en Identificar Sentimientos, Dificultad en Describir Sentimientos y Pensamiento Externamente Orientado lograron el mejor ajuste. Los coeficientes alfa oscilaron entre 0,87 y 0,67; las correlaciones medias inter-ítem entre 0,48 y 0,20; y las correlaciones test-retest tras 6 meses oscilaron entre 0,61 y 0,52. El 18,10% de la muestra presentó niveles elevados de alexitimia. La TAS-20-S presentó una adecuada fiabilidad así como la tradicional estructura trifactorial, por lo que su uso es ahora recomendable para evaluar un aspecto del procesamiento emocional en EM.es_ES
dc.description.abstractThere have been a small number of investigations of alexithymia in multiple sclerosis (MS) using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). However, the TAS-20 factor structure has not yet been evaluated in a MS patient sample, and earlier Spanish translations of this instrument require some improvement. We aimed to evaluate the factorial validity and reliability of an improved Spanish translation of the TAS-20 (the TAS-20-S). The TAS-20-S was completed by 221 MS patients. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to compare the fit of six different factor models. Internal consistency and retest reliability coefficients were also computed. The correlated three-factor model and the higher-order factor model made up of Difficulty Identifying Feelings, Difficulty Describing Feelings, and Externally Oriented Thinking achieved the best fit. Alpha coefficients ranged between .87 and .67;mean inter-item correlations ranged between .48 and .20; and retest correlations after 6 months ranged between .61 and .52. A high degree of alexithymia was present in 18.1% of the sample. Reliability and the traditional three-factor structure were demonstrated for the TAS-20-S, which can now be recommended for assessing an aspect of emotional processing in MS patients.es_ES
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dc.identifier.citationFernández-Jiménez E , Pérez-San-Gregorio MA, Taylor GJ, Bagby RM, Ayearst LE, Izquierdo G. Psychometric properties of a revised Spanish 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale adaptation in multiple sclerosis patients. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. 2013;13, 226−234es
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S1697-2600(13)70027-9
dc.identifier.issn1697-2600
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10668/2532
dc.journal.titleInternational Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAsociación Española de Psicología Conductual (AEPC)es
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-international-journal-clinical-health-psychology-355-articulo-psychometric-properties-revised-spanish-20-item-S1697260013700279#elsevierItemsResumeneses
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.subjectToronto Alexithymia Scalees
dc.subjectFactorial validityes
dc.subjectMultiple sclerosises
dc.subjectPrevalencees
dc.subjectInstrumental studyes
dc.subjectSíntomas afectivoses
dc.subjectAnálisis factoriales
dc.subjectEsclerosis múltiplees
dc.subjectReproducibilidad de resultadoses
dc.subject.meshMedical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Behavior::Behavioral Symptoms::Affective Symptomses
dc.subject.meshMedical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Emotionses
dc.subject.meshMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Factor Analysis, Statisticales
dc.subject.meshMedical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Population Groups::Ethnic Groups::Hispanic Americanses
dc.subject.meshMedical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humanses
dc.subject.meshMedical Subject Headings::Diseases::Nervous System Diseases::Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System::Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS::Multiple Sclerosises
dc.subject.meshMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Research Design::Reproducibility of Resultses
dc.subject.meshMedical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Psychological Phenomena and Processes::Mental Processes::Thinkinges
dc.subject.meshMedical Subject Headings::Information Science::Information Science::Communications Media::Publications::Translationses
dc.titlePsychometric properties of a revised Spanish 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale adaptation in multiple sclerosis patients.es
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