I-Toronto alexithymic scale inceda ekuncedeni umntu ukuba aziqonde kakuhle kwaye ahlole umgangatho we-alexithymia. I-Alexithymia ithetha umntu obhekana nobunzima ekuvakaliseni iimvakalelo zakhe, obuthathaka ngokungafaniyo phakathi kweemvakalelo ezahlukeneyo, amava obuthathaka beengcamango kunye nembono kwaye igxininise ikakhulu kwimicimbi yangaphandle.
I-Toronto alexithymic scale tas yenziwe kuV. Bechterew. Kufuneka uphendule le mibuzo, ukhetha phakathi kokukhethwa kukho:
- vu melani;
- Kunoko, andivumi;
- akunjalo, nakwezinye;
- ku vu melana;
- vu melana.
I-Toronto alexithymic scale ngumvavanyo onika iziphumo ezichanekileyo nezichanekileyo. Into ephambili ukuphendula imibuzo ngokukhawuleza, ngokunyanisekileyo nangokugxininisa.
I-Toronto alexithymic scale: unyango
Ukubala amanqaku kulula, kubaluleke kakhulu, gcina ingqondo. Inkqubo yokulinganisa ivumelekile kumaphuzu kwizinga: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26;
- ayivumelani ngokupheleleyo - 1 iphuzu;
- Kunoko, andivumi - 2 amanqaku;
- akunjalo okanye enye - amanqaku amathathu;
- Kunoko ndiyavuma - 4 iingongoma;
- ukuvuma ngokupheleleyo - 5 amanqaku.
Kukho nxalenye engafanelekanga kwinqanaba - amanqaku 1, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 21, 24. Apha ukuqikelelwa kuguqulwa:
- ayivumelani ngokupheleleyo - amanqaku ama-5;
- Kunoko, andivumi - amanqaku amane;
- akunjalo okanye enye - amanqaku amathathu;
- Kunokuvumelana-2 amanqaku;
- kuvuma ngokupheleleyo - 1 amanqaku.
Zonke iingongoma zifingqiwe. Iziphumo ezivela kuma-26 ukuya ku-130 zinokwenzeka. Iziphumo zilandelayo:
- Uhlobo lwe-Alexithymic lufumana amanqaku angama-74 okanye ngaphezulu;
- Uhlobo lwe-non-aliksitimichesky uhlobo lobuntu lwamanqaku angama-62 kunye nezantsi.
Umphumo wesiganeko somntu onempilo unamaphuzu angama-59, kunye nomntu onengxaki ye-neurosis-70-72 points. Ewe, zonke iziphumo ezingentla zibonisa ukuba kukho into enjalo njenge-alexithymia.