Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale-Computer |
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Authors: | Dr Henrik Kessler Harald C Traue Martin Hopfensitz Claudia Subic-Wrana Holger Hoffmann |
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Institution: | 1. Sektion Medizinische Psychologie, Universit?tsklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Am Hochstr?? 8, 89081, Ulm, Deutschland 2. Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Mainz, Deutschland
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Abstract: | Alexithymia is an important concept in both psychosomatic medicine and emotion research. A valid instrument for the assessment of alexithymia is the Levels Of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS; English version by R. Lane, German version by C. Subic-Wrana). Subjects are asked to evaluate in their own words the emotional content of briefly depicted interpersonal situations. Wide use of the LEAS has so far been hampered by a relatively complex evaluation procedure of answers that could not easily be automated. This was the motivation to create a digital version of the LEAS that allows subjects to give their answers directly to the computer and evaluates them automatically (LEAS-C). A custom-made algorithm for text analysis assesses the level of emotional awareness of each answer based on a valid glossary of emotionally relevant words. First data of the application of the LEAS-C in a sample of 187 healthy subjects are reported here. With its high interrater reliability (r=0.86–0.90) compared with human raters, the LEAS-C can be considered a reliable means of assessing alexithymia. |
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