Assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire
The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) is a 24-item self-report measure of alexithymia. Originally developed in English, it was designed to try to enable more comprehensive (i.e., facet-level and valence-specific) alexithymia assessments. This study aimed to introduce and validate a Polish versio...
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| author | Paweł Larionow David A. Preece David A. Preece David A. Preece Karolina Mudło-Głagolska |
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| description | The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) is a 24-item self-report measure of alexithymia. Originally developed in English, it was designed to try to enable more comprehensive (i.e., facet-level and valence-specific) alexithymia assessments. This study aimed to introduce and validate a Polish version of the PAQ. Our sample were 1,008 people (69.44% females, 30.06% males and 0.50% non-binary) aged 18–78 (M = 29.69, SD = 14.15) from the general community. The PAQ's factor structure was verified with confirmatory factor analysis, and convergent and divergent validity were assessed via relationships with other measures of alexithymia and mental health symptoms. Our results indicated strong factorial validity, conforming to the intended subscale structure. As expected, all PAQ subscales correlated in expected directions with another established alexithymia measure, and markers of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. The PAQ showed good discriminant validity in terms of measuring an alexithymia construct that was separable from people's current level of distress. Test-retest and internal consistency reliabilities were also good. Overall, the Polish PAQ therefore appears to have strong psychometric properties. Our findings add to a growing body of literature supporting the validity of the PAQ, and the multidimensional nature of the alexithymia construct, across different nations and languages. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-86580b464925429aafb6cddee26b54fe2022-12-22T04:36:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-11-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.10471911047191Assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perth Alexithymia QuestionnairePaweł Larionow0David A. Preece1David A. Preece2David A. Preece3Karolina Mudło-Głagolska4Faculty of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, PolandFaculty of Health Sciences, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, AustraliaSchool of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, AustraliaBrain and Behaviour Division, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA, AustraliaFaculty of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, PolandThe Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) is a 24-item self-report measure of alexithymia. Originally developed in English, it was designed to try to enable more comprehensive (i.e., facet-level and valence-specific) alexithymia assessments. This study aimed to introduce and validate a Polish version of the PAQ. Our sample were 1,008 people (69.44% females, 30.06% males and 0.50% non-binary) aged 18–78 (M = 29.69, SD = 14.15) from the general community. The PAQ's factor structure was verified with confirmatory factor analysis, and convergent and divergent validity were assessed via relationships with other measures of alexithymia and mental health symptoms. Our results indicated strong factorial validity, conforming to the intended subscale structure. As expected, all PAQ subscales correlated in expected directions with another established alexithymia measure, and markers of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. The PAQ showed good discriminant validity in terms of measuring an alexithymia construct that was separable from people's current level of distress. Test-retest and internal consistency reliabilities were also good. Overall, the Polish PAQ therefore appears to have strong psychometric properties. Our findings add to a growing body of literature supporting the validity of the PAQ, and the multidimensional nature of the alexithymia construct, across different nations and languages.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1047191/fullalexithymianegative emotionspositive emotionspsychometric propertiespsychopathology |
| spellingShingle | Paweł Larionow David A. Preece David A. Preece David A. Preece Karolina Mudło-Głagolska Assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire Frontiers in Psychiatry alexithymia negative emotions positive emotions psychometric properties psychopathology |
| title | Assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire |
| title_full | Assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire |
| title_fullStr | Assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire |
| title_short | Assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire |
| title_sort | assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions psychometric properties of the polish version of the perth alexithymia questionnaire |
| topic | alexithymia negative emotions positive emotions psychometric properties psychopathology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1047191/full |
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