Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire, PAQ

Test scores

Higher scores indicating higher levels of alexithymia.

Overall Alexithymia: difficulty focusing attention on and appraising one's own feelings (negative and positive).

Subscales:

Negative-Difficulty identifying feelings (N-DIF). Difficulty identifying, understanding, and differentiating between one's own negative feelings.

Positive-Difficulty identifying feelings (P-DIF). Difficulty identifying, understanding, and differentiating between one's own positive feelings.

Negative-Difficulty describing feelings (N-DDF). Difficulty describing and communicating one's own negative feelings.

Positive-Difficulty describing feelings (P-DDF). Difficulty describing and communicating one's own positive feelings.

General-Externally orientated thinking (G-EOT). Tendency to not focus attention on one's own emotions (negative and positive).

Composite scores:

General-Difficulty identifying feelings (G-DIF). Difficulty identifying, understanding, and differentiating between one's own feelings (negative and positive).

General-Difficulty describing feelings (G-DDF). Difficulty describing and communicating one's own feelings (negative and positive).

Negative-Difficulty appraising feelings (N-DAF). Difficulty identifying and describing (i.e., appraising) one's own negative feelings

Positive-Difficulty appraising feelings (P-DAF). Difficulty identifying and describing (i.e., appraising) one's own positive feelings

General-Difficulty appraising feelings (G-DAF). Difficulty identifying and describing (i.e., appraising) one's own feelings (negative and positive)