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Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) Test

Understand how easily you recognize and put words to emotions in about 3 minutes. Get clear insight into where emotional awareness gets stuck to guide therapy and support mental health.
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October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured
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21/40
Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT)
Measures the degree to which a person focuses on external facts and events rather than attending to and reflecting on inner emotional experiences.
More emotionally reflective
Balanced focus
Strong external focus
8 – 15: More emotionally reflective | 16 – 25: Balanced focus | 26 – 40: Strong external focus
A score of 21 falls in the Balanced focus range, suggesting a generally even mix of attention to external events and to internal emotional experience.
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17/25
Difficulty Describing Feelings (DDF)
Measures how difficult it is to put your own emotions into words when communicating with others.
Low difficulty
High difficulty
5 – 17: Low difficulty | 18 – 25: High difficulty
A score of 17 suggests relatively low difficulty describing feelings, though you may still sometimes struggle to find the right words for emotional experiences.
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22/35
Difficulty Identifying Feelings (DIF)
Measures how difficult it is to recognize and distinguish your own feelings and related bodily sensations.
Low difficulty
Moderate difficulty
High difficulty
7 – 11: Low difficulty | 12 – 24: Moderate difficulty | 25 – 35: High difficulty
A score of 22 falls in the moderate range, suggesting noticeable but not extreme difficulty identifying what you feel and separating emotions from bodily cues.
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40/100
Overall Alexithymia (OA)
This scale measures the overall severity of alexithymic traits, including difficulty identifying and describing feelings and a tendency toward externally oriented thinking.
Low
Borderline
High
20 – 39: Low | 40 – 63: Borderline | 64 – 100: High
A score of 40 falls in the Borderline range, suggesting mild to moderate difficulties with recognizing and verbalizing emotions compared to typical levels.
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Emotionally numb or confused
41%OF USERS
People who often feel “blank” or overwhelmed and can’t tell what they’re feeling or why.
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34%OF USERS
People dealing with anxiety, depression, or psychosomatic symptoms who want to understand whether low emotional awareness plays a role.
Partners and family conflicts
25%OF USERS
People whose relationships suffer because they struggle to talk about feelings and tend to focus only on facts and actions.
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Externally-oriented thinking (Et)
Average
29.3
Normal range
25.1 — 33.5
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40
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Difficulty in Describing Feelings (DiDF)
Average
13.6
Normal range
10.1 — 17
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5
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25
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Difficulty identifying feelings (Dif)
Average
27.4
Normal range
23.4 — 31.4
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7
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35
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General level of alexithymia (Gloa)
Average
42.5
Normal range
29.2 — 55.7
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20
max.
100
majority
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What does this questionnaire measure?
It screens for alexithymia, a pattern of difficulty recognizing and putting emotions into words. It also captures a tendency to focus on facts and actions rather than inner experience.
How long does it take, and how many items are included?
It takes about 3 minutes to complete. It includes 20 statements.
What areas are assessed?
It covers difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty describing feelings, and externally oriented thinking. These domains help indicate where emotional awareness and expression may break down.
How should responses be selected?
Select the option that best reflects typical experience, not an unusual recent event. Answer all items and avoid leaving questions blank.
How are results used and what are the limits?
Scores support clinical screening and treatment planning, including work with depression, anxiety, and somatic symptom presentations. Results do not by themselves establish a diagnosis and should be interpreted in context.
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
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Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) Test

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This self-report measure is used to assess alexithymia, or difficulties identifying and describing one’s emotions, using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). It is commonly applied in clinical and research settings to characterize emotion awareness and related cognitive style.

The instrument includes 20 items and typically requires about 3 minutes to complete. Items are designed to capture difficulties identifying feelings, difficulties describing feelings, and an externally oriented thinking style. Developed by R. M. Bagby, G. J. Taylor, and J. D. A. Parker, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) can support case formulation and treatment planning by highlighting emotion processing features that may be relevant across a range of presentations.

Author: G. J. Taylor, J. D. A. Parker, R. M. Bagby
Literature: Parker, J. D. A., Taylor, G. J., & Bagby, R. M. The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 1994.; Lumley, M. A., Neely, L. C., & Burger, A. J. The assessment of alexithymia in medical settings: Implications for understanding and treating health problems. Journal of Personality Assessment. 2007.; Bagby, R. 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. 1994.
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