FACTOR-ANALYSIS OF THE FRENCH VERSION OF THE 20-ITEM TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE (TAS-20)

A French version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 Items (TAS-20) wa s factor-analyzed on a sample of 263 university students and its facto r solution analyzed along with the studies using the Canadian version. Our results show a two-factor solution where the items rating the dif ficulty to identify feelings and the items rating the difficulty to de scribe feelings constitute a sole factor contrary to the Canadian vers ion. These data are reviewed in the context of previous research and o ffer two subscales for future investigations utilizing the TAS-20.