Recent Publications on Alexithymia and the TAS-20
(see also www.gtaylorpsychiatry.org)
Development and validation of the TAS-20 (and the TSIA)
1) Parker, J.D.A., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Endler, N.S., Schmitz, P.: Factorial validity of the twenty-item
revised Toronto Alexithymia Scale. European Journal of Personality, 7: 221-232, 1993.
2) Bagby, M., Parker, J.D.A., Taylor, G.J.: The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale -- I. Item selection
and cross-validation of the factor structure. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 38: 23-31, 1994.
3) Bagby, M., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A.: The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale -- II. Convergent,
discriminant, and concurrent validity. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 38: 33-40, 1994.
4) Pandey, R., Mandal, M., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A.: Cross-cultural alexithymia: Development and
validation of a Hindi translation of the Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 52:173-176, 1996.
5) Bressi, C., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Bressi, S., Brambilla, V., Aguglia, E., Allegranti, I., Bongiorno, A.,
et al: Cross-validation of the factor structure of the Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: An Italian
multi-centre study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 41:551-559, 1996.
6) Beresnevaite, M., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Andziulis, A.: Cross validation of a Lithuanian translation
of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Acta Medica Lituanica, 5: 146-149, 1998.
7) Luminet, O., Bagby, R.M., Wagner, H., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A.: The relationship between alexithymia
and the five factor model of personality: A facet level analysis. Journal of Personality Assessment, 73: 345358, 1999.
8) Prazeres, N., Parker, J.D.A., Taylor, G.J.: Portuguese adaptation of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia
Scale. Revista IberoAmericana de Diagnóstica y Evalación Psicológica, 9: 9-21, 2000.
9) Simonsson-Sarnecki, M., Lundh, L-G, Tötrestad, B., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A.: A Swedish
translation of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Cross-validation of the factor structure.
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 41: 25-30, 2000.
10) Parker, J.D.A., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: The 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale--III: Reliability and
factorial validity in a community population. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 55: 269-275, 2003.
11) Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Parker, J.D.A.: The 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale--IV: Reliability and
factorial validity in different languages and cultures. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 55: 277-283,
2003.
12) Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Dickens, S.E.: The development of the Toronto Structured
Interview for Alexithymia: Item selection, factor structure, reliability and concurrent validity.
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 75: 25-39, 2006.
13) Zhu, X., Yi, J., Yao, S., Ryder, A.G., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Cross-cultural validation of a Chinese
translation of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 48: 489-496, 2007.
14) Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Quilty, L., Parker, J.D.A.: Reexamining the factor structure of the 20-item
Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Commentary on Gignac, Palmer, and Stough. Journal of Personality
Assessment, 89: 258-264, 2007.
15) Grabe, H.J., Löbel. S., Dittrich, D., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Quilty, L.C., Spitzer, C., Barnow, S.,
Mathier, F., Jenewein, J., Freyberger, H.J., Rufer, M. The German Version of the Toronto Structured
Interview for Alexithymia: Factor structure, reliability, and concurrent validity in a
psychiatric patient sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 50: 424-430, 2009.
16) Tsaousis, I., Taylor, G., Quilty, L., Georgiades, S., Stavrogiannopoulos, M., Bagby, R.M.: Validation of a
Greek adaptation of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 51: 443-448,
2010.
17) Starostina, E.G., Taylor, G.J., Quilty, L.C., Moshnyaga, E.N., Puzyreva, N.V., Bobrov, A.E., Ivashkina,
M.G., Krivchikova, M.N., Shavrikova, E.P., Bagby, R.M.: New 20-item version of the Toronto
Alexithymia Scale: Validation of a Russian language translation in a sample of medical patients.
Sotsialnaya Psychiatriya (Social and Clinical Psychiatry), 20: 31-38, 2010. (in Russian)
18) Caretti, V., Porcelli, P., Solano, L., Schimmenti, A., Bagby, R.M, Taylor, G.J.: Reliability and validity of
the Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia in a mixed clinical and nonclinical sample from Italy.
Psychiatry Research, 187: 432-436.
Theoretical papers and some studies that used the TAS-20
1) Porcelli, P., Zaka, S., Leoci, C., Centzonze, S., Taylor, G.J.: Alexithymia in inflammatory bowel disease:
A case-control study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 64:49-53,1995.
2) Todarello, O., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Fanelli, M.: Alexithymia in essential hypertension and
psychiatric outpatients: A comparative study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 39:987-994, 1995.
3) Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Bagby, R.M., Bourke, M.P.: Relationships between alexithymia and
psychological characteristics associated with eating disorders. Journal of Psychosomatic Research,
41:561-568, 1996.
4)
Porcelli, P., Leoci, C., Guerra, V., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: A longitudinal study of alexithymia and
psychological distress in inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 41:569-573,
1996.
5) Verissimo, R., Mota-Cardoso, R., Taylor, G.J.: Relationships between alexithymia, emotional control, and
quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 67:75-80,
1998.
6) Parker, J.D.A., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Alexithymia: Relationship with ego defence and coping styles.
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 39:91-98, 1998.
7) Parker, J.D.A., Keightley, M.L., Smith, C.T., Taylor, G.J.: Interhemispheric transfer deficit in alexithymia:
An experimental study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 61: 464-468, 1999.
8) Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Bagby, R.M.: Emotional intelligence and the emotional brain: Points of
convergence and implications for psychoanalysis. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 27:
339-354, 1999.
9) Porcelli, P., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., De Carne, M.: Alexithymia and functional gastrointestinal
disorders: A comparison with inflammatory bowel disease. Psychotherapy and Pychosomatics, 68: 263269, 1999.
10) Verissimo, R., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Relationship between alexithymia and locus of control. New
Trends in Experimental and Clinical Psychiatry, 16: 11-16, 2000.
11) Taylor, G.J.: Recent developments in alexithymia theory and research. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry,
45:134-142, 2000.
12) Solano, L., Torriello, A., Barnaba, L., Ara, R., Taylor, G.J.: Rorschach interaction patterns, alexithymia,
and closeness to parents in psychotic and psychosomatic patients. Journal of the American Academy of
Psychoanalysis, 28: 101-116, 2000.
13) Parker, J.D.A., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: The relationship between emotional intelligence and
alexithymia. Personality and Individual Differences, 30: 107-115, 2001.
14) Luminet, O., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J.: An evaluation of the absolute and relative stability of alexithymia
in patients with major depression. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 70: 254-260, 2001.
15) Porcelli, P, Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., De Carne, M., Leandro, G., Todarello, O.: Alexithymia as a
predictor of treatment outcome in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders. Psychosomatic
Medicine, 65: 911-918, 2003.
16) Taylor, G.J.: Somatization and conversion: Distinct or overlapping constructs? Journal of the American
Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 31: 487-508, 2003.
17) Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: New trends in alexithymia research. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 73:
68-77, 2004.
18) Luminet, O., Vermeulen, N., Demaret, C., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Alexithymia and levels of
processing: Evidence for an overall deficit in remembering emotion words. Journal of Research in
Personality, 40: 713-733, 2006.
19) Beresnevaite, M., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Assessing alexithymia and Type A behavior in coronary
heart disease patients: A multimethod approach. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 76: 186-192, 2007.
20) Porcelli, P., Lorusso, D., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: The influence of alexithymia on persistent symptoms
of dyspepsia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 37: 173184, 2007.
21) Bauermann, T.M., Parker, J.D.A., Taylor, G.J.: Sleep problems and sleep hygiene in young adults with
alexithymia. Personality and Individual Differences, 45: 318-322, 2008.
22) Parker, J.D.A., Keefer, K., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M. Latent structure of the alexithymia construct: A
taxometric investigation. Psychological Assessment, 20: 385-396, 2008.
23) Bagby, R.M., Quilty, L.C., Taylor, G.J., Grabe, H.J., Luminet, O., Verissimo, R., De Groote, I., Vanheule,
S. Are there subtypes of alexithymia? Personality and Individual Differences, 47: 413-418, 2009.
24) Mattila, A.K., Keefer, K.V., Taylor, G.J., Joukamaa, M., Jula, A., Parker, J.D.A., Bagby, R.M.: Taxometric
analysis of alexithymia in a general population sample from Finland. Personality and Individual
Differences, 49: 216-221, 2010.
25) Taylor, G.J.: Affects, trauma, and mechanisms of symptom formation: A tribute to John C. Nemiah (19182009). Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 79: 339-349, 2010.
26) Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Psychoanalysis and empirical research. The example of alexithymia. Journal of
the American Psychoanalytic Association, 61: 99-133, 2013.
Books and book chapters
1) Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Parker, J.D.A.: Disorders of Affect Regulation: Alexithymia in Medical and
Psychiatric Illness. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1997. Paperback edition published by
Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Translated and published in Italian: I Disturbi Della Regolazione Affettiva. Giovanni
Fioriti Editore: Roma, 2000.
Translated and published in Japanese: Disorders of Affect Regulation. Seiwa Shoten
Publishers: Tokyo, 1998.
2) Taylor, G.J., Taylor, H.L.: Alexithymia. In Psychological Mindedness: A Contemporary Understanding,
edited by M. McCallum and W. Piper. Lawrence Erlbaum: Mahwah, N.J., 1997.
3) Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Bagby, R.M.: Relationships between Alexithymia and Related Constructs. In
The (Non) Expression of Emotions in Health and Disease, edited by A. Vingerhoets, F. van Bussel, and J.
Boelhouwer. Tilburg University Press: Tilburg. The Netherlands, 1997.
4) Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A.: The Nomological Domain of the Alexithymia Construct. In The
(Non) Expression of Emotions in Health and Disease, edited by A. Vingerhoets, F. van Bussel, and J.
Boelhouwer. Tilburg University Press: Tilburg. The Netherlands, 1997.
5) Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: An Overview of the Alexithymia Construct. In The Handbook of Emotional
Intelligence, edited by R. Bar-On and J.D.A. Parker. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2000, pp. 40-67.
6) Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Luminet, O.: Assessment of Alexithymia: Self-report and Observer-rated
Scales. In The Handbook of Emotional Intelligence, edited by R. Bar-On and J.D.A. Parker. Jossey-Bass,
San Francisco, 2000, pp. 301-319.
7) Taylor, G.J.: Low Emotional Intelligence and Mental Illness. In Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life:
A Scientific Inquiry, edited by J. Carriocchi, J. Forgas and J.D. Mayer. Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia,
2001, pp. 67-81.
8) Luminet, O., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: La mesure de l'alexithymie. In Psychopathologie de l'alexithymie,
edited by M. Corcos and M. Speranza. Dunod, Paris, 2003.
9) Prazeres N, Taylor GJ, Parker JDA.: Escala de alexitimia de Toronto de 20 Itens. In Instrumentos de
Avaliação Psicológica Validados em Portugal, edited by Leandro Almeida, Mário Simões, Miguel
Gonçalves, Carla Machado. Quarteto, Coimbra, 2004.
10) Taylor, G.J.: Alexithymia: 25 years of theory and research. In: Emotional Expression and Health:
Advances in Theory, Assessment and Clinical Applications, edited by I. Nyklicek, L. Temoshok, A.
Vingerhoets. Brunner-Routledge, New York, 2004.
11) Taylor, G.J. and Taylor-Allan, H.L.: Applying emotional intelligence in understanding and treating
psychological and physical disorders: What we have learned from alexithymia. In: R. Bar-On, J.G. Maree,
and M.J. Elias (Eds.), Educating People to be Emotionally Intelligent. Heinemann Educational
Publishers: Johannesburg, 2006.
12) Taylor, G.J.: Loneliness in the disaffected (alexithymic) patient. In B. Willock, L. Bohm, and R. Coleman
Curtis (Eds.), Loneliness and Longings: Conscious and Unconscious Aspects. Routledge: London, 2011.
13) Taylor, G.J., and Bagby, R.M.: Alexithymia and the five-factor model of personality. In T.A. Widiger and
P.T. Costa, Jr.(Eds.), Personality Disorders and the Five-factor Model of Personality, third edition.
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2012, pp. 193-207.
14) Taylor, G.J., and Bagby, R.M.: The alexithymia personality dimension.. In T.A. Widiger (Ed.), The
Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012, pp. 648-673.
15) Watson, C., Bagby, R.M., and Taylor, G.J.: A case for including alexithymia in DSM-5. In Alexitimia:
Cruzando El Puente Entre La Teoría, La Investigación Y La Clínica (Alexithymia: Bridging the Gap
Between Theory, Research, and Practice), edited by H. A. Lunazzi. Paidos, Buenos Aires, 2012, pp. 75-88.