TAS
Toronto-Alexithymie-Skala-26

References
1. Bagby, R. M., Parker, J. D., & Taylor, G. J. (1994). The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale—I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure. Journal of psychosomatic research, 38(1), 23-32.
2. Kupfer, J., Brosig, B. & Brähler, E. (2001). Toronto-Alexithymie-Skala-26. Deutsche Version (TAS-26). Göttingen: Hogrefe.


Timeframe
Trait

26 Items

Response scale: 
from 1 (does not apply at all) to 5 (applies completely).


1 = trifft gar nicht zu
2 = trifft eher nicht zu
3 = teils/teils
4 = trifft eher zu
5 = trifft völlig zu


Subsales/Solumns:
TAS_Identification: Difficulty with Identifying Feelings
TAS_Describing: Difficulty with Expressing and Describing Feelings	
TAS_ExternalThinking: Externally-oriented Thinking
TAS_OverallScore: Overall Score