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Marjorie195

I came across the test for Alexithymia the other day. www.alexithymia.us/test-alexhtml

I scored 146. Has anyone else tried this test? There seems to be many similarities between ASD and Alexithymia.

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  • [quote user="NAS18906"]

    I looked at the test. It has a lot of questions that would be answered one way by people with ASD. I suspect that there is no statistical validity to the test but that it is just someones attempt to create a test and see what happens. The site isn't an official site of anything like a charity. Tests like the AQ test have been designed by specialists and carefully tested to ensure that they actually can make a differential diagnosis that does not come up with too many false positives and false negatives.

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    I think you will find that this is an official test called the Toronto Scale for Alexithymia.

    It is copyrighted and not usually available on official websites, although it is mentioned on many.

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  • [quote user="NAS18906"]

    I looked at the test. It has a lot of questions that would be answered one way by people with ASD. I suspect that there is no statistical validity to the test but that it is just someones attempt to create a test and see what happens. The site isn't an official site of anything like a charity. Tests like the AQ test have been designed by specialists and carefully tested to ensure that they actually can make a differential diagnosis that does not come up with too many false positives and false negatives.

    [/quote

    I think you will find that this is an official test called the Toronto Scale for Alexithymia.

    It is copyrighted and not usually available on official websites, although it is mentioned on many.

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