Psychiatry Research
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 93-100 , 30 March 2005

Reliability and factorial validity of the Observer Alexithymia Scale—Chinese translation

  • Shuqiao Yao

      Affiliations

    • The Medical Psychological Research Center, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, Changsha, China
    • ,
  • Jinyao Yi

      Affiliations

    • The Medical Psychological Research Center, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, Changsha, China
    • ,
  • Xiongzhao Zhu

      Affiliations

    • The Medical Psychological Research Center, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, Changsha, China
    • ,
  • Mark G. Haviland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354-3842, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 909 558 6000x67411; fax: +1 909 558 6093.

Received 22 March 2004 ,Revised 2 August 2004 ,Accepted 14 August 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.08.010

Psychiatry Research
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