An alexithymia questionnaire for children: Factorial and concurrent validation results
An alexithymia questionnaire for children: Factorial and concurrent validation results
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2005.05.013
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Terwogt, MM
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作者：
Rieffe, C;Oosterveld, P;Terwogt, MM
述情障碍是指识别和表达自己感受的能力有限，这通常与身体健康问题和负面情绪有关。对成年人进行的许多研究已经确定了述情障碍的三个核心因素：难以识别感受、难以描述感受和外向思维。这种述情障碍的三因素结构也在两个年龄组的儿童（从小学（平均年龄 11 岁）和中学（平均年龄 13 岁）招募的 740 名儿童）中发现，尽管外向思维因素显示出较低的因素负荷和较低的可靠性。问卷的预测价值也令人满意。与成人文献一致，结果表明，“情感识别困难”和“描述情感困难”因素有助于预测儿童自我报告的躯体投诉，但“外向思维”因素却没有这样做。讨论了旨在测量述情障碍的未来研究方向。 (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
Alexithymia refers to a limited ability to identify and communicate one's feelings, which has been frequently associated with physical health complaints and negative moods. The many studies that have been conducted with adults have identified three core factors in alexithymia: Difficulty Identifying Feelings, Difficulty Describing Feelings and Externally-Oriented thinking. This three-factor structure of alexithymia was also identified in children of two age groups (740 children recruited from primary schools (mean age 11 years) and secondary schools (mean age 13 years)), although the factor Externally-Oriented Thinking showed low factor loadings and a low reliability. The predictive value of the questionnaire was also satisfactory. Consistent with the adult literature, the results showed that the factors Difficulty Identifying Feelings and Difficulty Describing Feelings contributed to the prediction of self-reported somatic complaints in children, but the factor Externally-Oriented Thinking failed to do so. Directions for future research aiming at measuring alexithymia are discussed. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.