Psychometric properties of the alexithymia scale for visually impaired university students

The current study aimed to build an alexithymia scale for visually disabled university students, verify its psychometric properties, and know its factorial structure. The study was conducted on a sample of (204) individuals, aged between 18-23 years, with an arithmetic mean of chronological age of 20.93 years, and a standard deviation of 1.76. The study is a measure of alexithymia for visually impaired university students (prepared by researchers),The results of the statistical analysis of the data using factor analysis resulted in the presence of five factors for the alexithymia scale for visually impaired university students, which are: (difficulty in identifying feelings), and its latent root reached (6.675), and its variance rate was (6.125%), (difficulty in describing feelings), and its latent root reached (6.125%). (3.056), and its variance percentage is (5.093%) (difficulty distinguishing between physical sensations and emotional stimuli), and its latent root is (3.011), and its variance percentage is (5.018),(Externally directed thinking), whose latent root reached (2.923) and its variance percentage (4.871%), and (Deficiency of imaginative processes), whose latent root reached (2.557) and its variance percentage (4.261%), and that the scale has a high degree of reliability. And honesty, which confirms that the scale is suitable for use with the visually disabled, and can be used in Arab research and studies related to the blind in the Egyptian and Arab environment, and reassurance in the results that can be reached through its use.

Keywords: alexithymia, visually impaired Students