TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing alexithymia in French-speaking samples
T2 - Psychometric properties of the Observer Alexithymia Scale-French translation
AU - Berthoz, Sylvie
AU - Haviland, Mark G.
AU - Riggs, Matt L.
AU - Perdereau, Fabienne
AU - Bungener, Catherine
N1 - In the present study, we evaluated the psychometric properties of the Observer Alexithymia Scale-French translation (OAS-F), a 33-item, observer-rated...
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - In the present study, we evaluated the psychometric properties of the Observer Alexithymia Scale-French translation (OAS-F), a 33-item, observer-rated alexithymia measure. The scale, accessible to lay and professional raters, taps everyday expressions of alexithymia. French university students (N = 159) were asked to rate a person they knew well or ask an acquaintance to rate them. Those being rated (N = 159) were parents, siblings, children, and friends. OAS-F total and subscale scores were comparable to those in the English normative samples. Moreover, OAS scores were reliable, and the scale's five-factor structure (distant, uninsightful, somatizing, humorless, and rigid) was confirmed. Importantly, too, OAS total scores correlated 0.31 with (self-report) 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) scores. The OAS-F appears to be a psychometrically sound observer-rated alexithymia measure. © 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
AB - In the present study, we evaluated the psychometric properties of the Observer Alexithymia Scale-French translation (OAS-F), a 33-item, observer-rated alexithymia measure. The scale, accessible to lay and professional raters, taps everyday expressions of alexithymia. French university students (N = 159) were asked to rate a person they knew well or ask an acquaintance to rate them. Those being rated (N = 159) were parents, siblings, children, and friends. OAS-F total and subscale scores were comparable to those in the English normative samples. Moreover, OAS scores were reliable, and the scale's five-factor structure (distant, uninsightful, somatizing, humorless, and rigid) was confirmed. Importantly, too, OAS total scores correlated 0.31 with (self-report) 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) scores. The OAS-F appears to be a psychometrically sound observer-rated alexithymia measure. © 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
KW - Alexithymia
KW - Observer Alexithymia Scale
KW - Observer ratings
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.10.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 16310681
SN - 0924-9338
VL - 20
SP - 497
EP - 502
JO - European Psychiatry
JF - European Psychiatry
IS - 7
ER -