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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
2017
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- Psychometric Properties of the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children in a Peruvian Sample of Adolescents Karen Yearwood Nicole Vliegen Patrick Luyten Cecilia Chau Jozef Corveleyn Psicología symptoms attachment Alexithymia mentalizing adolescents The concept of alexithymia refers to impairments in the ability to identify and communicate feelings. Alexithymia has repeatedly been linked to attachment impairments and different types of symptomatology, in particular, depression and somatic complaints. Very few studies have focused on children or adolescents when addressing this construct. Additionally, to date, there is no self-report questionnaire of alexithymia for such groups in the Spanish language. The main objectives of this study were therefore, (a) to translate and adapt the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children to Spanish; (b) to assess the factor structure of the adapted questionnaire; and (c) to describe its reliability and validity, in a sample of N = 265 Peruvian adolescents aged 11-18 years. Internal consistency was acceptable for the DIF subscale ( α = .74), and low for the DDF and EOT subscales ( α = .55, and α = .47 respectively). A composite scale based on previous studies that merges DIF and DDF into one scale had an α = .75. Regarding the factor structure, a twofactor solution showed to have the best fit with the data (RMSEA = .05, SMRM = .04, CFI = .94). Convergent validity analyses indicated significant associations between alexithymia and attachment measurements (that ranged from r = - .15, p < .05, to r = .31, p < .05), somatic complaints ( r = .38, p < .05, to r = .41, p < .05), and both internalizing and externalizing symptoms ( r = .37, p < .05, to r = .46, p < .05). Future assessment and modifications are recommended for the EOT scale. 2017 artículo científico 0254-9247 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=337849319005 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3378/337849319005/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3378/337849319005/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3378/337849319005/337849319005.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3378/337849319005/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3378 Revista de Psicología application/pdf Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Revista de Psicología (Perú) Num.1 Vol.35