Selected Publications

Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Porcelli, P. (2023). Revisiting the concept of pensée opératoire: Some conceptual, empirical, and clinical considerations. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 51(3): 287-310.
Zahid, A., Taylor, G.J., Lau, S.C.L., Stone, S., Bagby, R.M. (2023). Examining the incremental validity of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) relative to the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Journal of Personality Assessment, epublication ahead of print.
Taylor, G.J.: Psychoanalysis and psychosomatics: A new synthesis (1992). Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 50(2), 306-325, 2022. Annotation, pp. 304-305.
Taylor, G.J.: Willem de Kooning's Women: A Psychoanalytic Exploration. International Psychoanalytic Books: New York, 2022.
Carnovale, M., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Sanches, M., Bagby, R.M. (2021). A bifactor analysis of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Further support for a general alexithymia factor. Psychological Assessment, 33(7): 619-628. Doi: 10.1037/pas0001000
Bagby, R.M., Sanches, M., Carnovale, M., Taylor, G.J.: An evaluation of alexithymia subtypes using latent profile analysis. Psychiatry Research, 299: 113840, 2021. Doi:10.1016/jpsychres.2021.1138110
Bagby, R.M., Parker, J.D.A., Onno, K.A., Mortezaei, A., Taylor, G.J.: Development and psychometric evaluation of an informant version of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 141: 110329, 2021. Doi: 10.1016/jpsychores/2020.110329
Taylor, G.J. and Bagby, R.M.: Editorial. Examining proposed changes to the conceptualization of the alexithymia construct: The way forward tilts to the past. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 90(3): 145-155, 2021. Doi:10.1159/00511988
Bagby, R.M., Parker, J.D.A., G.J. Taylor, G.J.: Twenty-five years with the twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 131: 109940. Epub. December 7, 2020. Doi: 10:1016/jpsychores.2020.1009940
Bagby, R.M., Parker, J.D.A., Taylor, G.J.: Twenty-five years with the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 131, epub ahead of print. 2020.
Taylor. G.J.: Some comments on the alternative universe of the Trump Administration. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 47, 149-165, 2019.
Taylor, G.J.: Creativity and perversion: Waiting for the muse. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 67, 425-454, 2019.
Watters, C.A., Taylor, G.J., Ayearst, L., Bagby, R.M.: Measurement invariance of English and French language versions of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 35, 29-36, 2019.
Keefer, K.V., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Bagby, R.M.: Taxometric analysis of the Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia: Further evidence that alexithymia is a dimensional construct. Assessment, 26(3), 364-374, 2019.
Luminet, O., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J. (Eds.): Alexithymia: Advances in Research, Theory and Clinical Practice. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2018.
Taylor, G.J.: History of alexithymia: The contributions of psychoanalysis. In Alexithymia: Advances in Research, Theory and Clinical Practice, edited by O. Luminet, R.M. Bagby, and G.J. Taylor. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2018, pp. 1-16.
Porcelli, P. & Taylor, G.J.: Alexithymia and physical illness: A psychosomatic approach. In Alexithymia: Advances in Research, Theory and Clinical Practice, edited by O. Luminet, R.M. Bagby, and G.J. Taylor. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2018, pp. 105-126.
Sekely, A., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Developing a short version of the Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia using item response theory. Psychiatry Research, 266: 218-227, 2018.
Hiirola, A., Pirkola, S., Karukivi, M., Markkula, N., Bagb,y R.M., Joukamaa, M., Jula, A., Kronholm, E., Saarijärv, S., Salminen, J.K., Suvisaari, J., Taylor, G., Mattila, A.K.: An evaluation of the absolute and relative stability of alexithymia over 11 years in a Finnish general population. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 95, 81-87, 2017.
Quilty, L., Taylor, G.J., McBride, C., Bagby, R.M.: Relationships among alexithymia, therapeutic alliance, and psychotherapy outcome in major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research, 254, 75-79, 2017.
Taylor, G.J.: Varieties of castration experience: Relevance to contemporary psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 44, 39-67, 2016.
Watters, C.A., Taylor, G.J., Quilty, L., Bagby, R.M.: An examination of the topology and measurement of the alexithymia construct using network analysis. Journal of Personality Assessment, 98(6), 649-659, 2016.
Watters, C.A., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Illuminating the theoretical components of alexithymia using bifactor modeling and network analysis. Psychological Assessment, 28: 627-638, 2016.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Parker, J.D.A.: What's in the name 'alexithymia'? A commentary on "Affective agnosia: Expansion of the alexithymia construct and a new opportunity to integrate and extend Freud's legacy." Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 68: 1006-1020, 2016.
Keefer, K.V., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Inslegers, R., Bagby, R.M.: Measurement equivalence of the Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia across language, gender, and clinical status. Psychiatry Research, 228:760-764, 2015.
Grabe, H.J., Rufer, M., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A.: Strukturiertes Toronto Alexithymie Interview. Deutschsprachige Adaptation des Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia (TSIA). Verlag Hans Huber, Hogrefe AG: Bern, 2014.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Caretti, V., Schimmenti, A. (Editors). La Valutazione dell' Alessitimia con la TSIA. Rafaello Cortina Editore: Milano, 2014.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Kushner, S.C., Benoit, D., Atkinson, L.: Alexithymia and adult attachment representations: Associations with the five-factor model of personality and perceived relationship adjustment. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55: 1258-1268, 2014.
Bagby, R.M., Ayearst, L.E., Morariu, R., Watters, C., Taylor, G.J.: The Internet administration version of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Psychological Assessment, 26: 16-22, 2014.
Morariu, R.A., Ayearst, L.E., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Development and validation of Romanian adaptation of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20-RO). Romanian Journal of Psychiatry, 15: 155-159, 2014.
Fernández-Jiménez, E., Pérez-San-Gregoria, A., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Ayearst, L.E., Izquierdo, G.: Psychometric properties of a revised Spanish 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale adaptation in multiple sclerosis patients. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 13: 226-234, 2013.
Inslegers, R., Meganck, R., Ooms, E., Vanheule, S., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., De Fruyt, F., Desmet, M.: The Dutch language version of the Toronto structured Interview for alexithymia; Reliability, factor structure, and concurrent validity. Psychologica Belgica, 53(1):93-116, 2013.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Psychoanalysis and empirical research: The example of alexithymia. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 61(1): 99-133, 2013.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Alexithymia and the Five-Factor Model of Personality. In: Personality Disorders and the Five Factor Model of Personality (3rd edition), edited by T.A,. Widiger, and P.T.Costa, Jr. American Psychological Association: Washington, DC, 2013, pp. 193-207.
Taylor, G.J., Quilty, L., Bagby, R.M., Starostina, E.G., Bogolyubova, O.N., Smykalo. L.V., Skochilova, R.V., Bobrov, A.E.: Reliability and validity of the Russian version of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Sotzialnaya i Clinicheskaya Psikhiatriya (Social and Clinical Psychiatry) [Russian], 22: 20-25, 2012.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: The alexithymia personality dimension. In The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders, edited by T.A. Widiger. Oxford University Press: New York, 2012, pp. 648-673.
Watson, C., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J.: A case for including alexithymia in DSM-5 [Spanish]. In Alexitimia: Cruzando El Puente Entre La Teoría, La Investigación Y La Clínica (Alexithymia: Bridging the Gap between Theory, Research, and Practice), edited by H. A. Lunazzi. Paidos: Buenos Aires, 2012, pp. 75-88.
Caretti, V., Porcelli, P., Solano, L., Schimmenti, A., Bagby, R.M, Taylor, G.J.: Reliability and validity of the Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia in a mixed clinical and nonclinical sample from Italy. Psychiatry Research, 187: 432-436, 2011.
Starostina, E.G., Taylor, G.J., Quilty, L.C., Moshnyaga, E.N., Puzyreva, N.V., Bobrov, A.E., Ivashkina, M.G., Krivchikova, M.N., Shavrikova, E.P., Bagby, R.M.: New 20-item version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Validation of a Russian language translation in a sample of medical patients. Sotzialnaya i Clinicheskaya Psikhiatriya (Social and Clinical Psychiatry) [Russian], 20: 31-38, 2010.
Taylor, G.J.: Affects, trauma, and mechanisms of symptom formation: A tribute to John C. Nemiah (1918-2009). Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 79: 339-349, 2010
Mattila, A.K., Keefer, K.V., Taylor, G.J., Joukamaa, M., Jula, A., Parker, J.D.A., Bagby, R.M.: Taxometric analysis of alexithymia in a general population sample from Finland. Personality and Individual Differences, 49: 216-221, 2010.
Grabe, H.J., Löbel, S, Dittrich, D., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Quilty, L.C., Spitzer, C., Barnow, S., Mathier, F., Jenewein, J., Freyberger, H.J., Ruffer, M.: The German Version of the Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Concurrent Validity in a Psychiatric Patient Sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 50: 424-430, 2009.
Bagby, R.M., Quilty, L.C., Taylor, G.J., Grabe, H.J., Luminet, O., Verissimo, R., De Grootte, I., & Vanheule, S.: Are there subtypes of alexithymia? Personality and Individual Differences, 47: 413-418, 2009.
Parker, J.D.A., Keefer, K.V., Taylor, G.J., & Bagby, R.M.: Latent structure of the alexithymia construct: A taxometric investigation. Psychological Assessment, 20: 385-396, 2008.
Taylor, G.J.: Frontline: Why publish a special issue on psychoanalysis and psychosomatics? In: Taylor, G.J. (Guest Editor), Special Issue on Psychoanalysis and Psychosomatics. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 36: 1-10, 2008.
Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Quilty, L.C, & Parker, J.D.A.: Reexamining the factor structure of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Commentary on Gignac, Palmer, and Stough. Journal of Personality Assessment, 89: 258-264, 2007.
Porcelli, P., Lorusso, D., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: The influence of alexithymia on persistent symptoms of dyspepsia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 37: 173-184, 2007.
Zhu, X., Yi, J., Yao, S., Ryder, A., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Cross-cultural validation of a Chinese translation of the twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 48: 489-496, 2007.
Luminet, O., Vermeulen, N., Demaret, C., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: Alexithymia and levels of processing: Evidence for an overall deficit in remembering emotion words. Journal of Research in Personality, 40: 713-733, 2006.
Taylor, G.J. and Taylor-Allan, H.L.: Applying emotional intelligence in understanding and treating psychological and physical disorders: What we have learned from alexithymia. In: R. Bar-On, J.G. Maree, and M.J. Elias (Eds), Educating People to be Emotionally Intelligent. Heinemann Educational Publishers: Johannesburg, 2006.
Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Dickens, S.: The development of the Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia: Item selection, factor structure, reliability and concurrent validity. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 75: 25-39, 2006.
Taylor, G.J.: Alexithymia: Twenty-five years of theory and research. In Emotional Expression and Health: Advances in Theory, Assessment and Clinical Applications, edited by I. Nyklicek, L. Temoshok, and A. Vingerhoets. Brunner-Routledge: Andover, UK, 2004.
Luminet, O., Rime, B., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J.: A multimodal investigation of emotional responding in alexithymia. Cognition and Emotion 18: 741-766, 2004.
Porcelli, P., Affatati, V., Bellomo A., De Carne, M., Todarello, O., Taylor, G.J.: Alexithymia and psychopathology in patients with psychiatric and functional gastrointestinal disorders. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 73: 84-91, 2004.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: New trends in alexithymia research. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 73: 68-77, 2004.
Taylor, G.J.: Somatization and Conversion: Distinct or Overlapping Constructs? Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 31: 487-508, 2003.
Porcelli, P., Bagby, R.M., Taylor, G.J., De Carne, M., Leandro, G., Todarello, O.: Alexithymia as predictor of treatment outcome in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders. Psychosomatic Medicine 65: 911-918, 2003.
Parker, J.D.A., Taylor, G.J., and Bagby, R.M.: The Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale--III: Reliability and factorial validity in a community population. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 55: 269-275, 2003.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Parker, J.D.A.: The Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale--IV: Reliability and factorial validity in different languages and cultures. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 55: 277-283, 2003.
Luminet, O., Taylor, G.J., and Bagby, R.M. La mesure de l'alexithymie. In L'alexithymie, edited by M. Corcos and M. Speranza. Dunod: Paris, 2003, pp. 183-203.
Taylor, G.J.: Mind-body-environment: George Engel's psychoanalytic approach to psychosomatic medicine. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 36: 449-457, 2002.
Luminet, O., Bagby, R.M., and Taylor, G.J.: An evaluation of the absolute and relative stability of alexithymia in patients with major depression. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 70: 254-260, 2001.
Taylor, G.J.: Low emotional intelligence and mental health. In Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life: A Scientific Inquiry, edited by J. Ciarrochi, J. Forgas, and J. Mayer. Psychology Press: Philadelphia, 2001, pp. 67-81.
Parker, J.D.A., Taylor, G.J., and Bagby, R.M.: The relationship between emotional intelligence and alexithymia. Personality and Individual Differences 30: 107-115, 2001.
Verissimo, R., Taylor, G.J., and Bagby, R.M.: Relationship between alexithymia and locus of control. New Trends in Experimental and Clinical Psychiatry 16: 11-16, 2000.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M.: An overview of the alexithymia construct. In Handbook of Emotional Intelligence, edited by R. Bar-On and J.D.A. Parker. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, 2000, pp. 40-67.
Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., Luminet, O.: Assessment of alexithymia: Self-report and observer-rated scales. In Handbook of Emotional Intelligence, edited by R. Bar-On and J.D.A. Parker. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, 2000, pp. 301-319.
Taylor, G.J.: Recent developments in alexithymia theory and research. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 45: 134-142, 2000.
Luminet, O., Bagby, R. M., Wagner, H. L., Taylor, G. J., Parker, J. D. A.: The relationship between alexithymia and the five factor model of personality: A facet level analysis. Journal of Personality Assessment, 73: 345-358, 1999.
Parker, J.D.A., Keightley, M.L., Smith, C.T., Taylor, G.J.: Interhemispheric transfer deficit in alexithymia: An experimental study. Psychosomatic Medicine 61: 464-468, 1999.
Porcelli, P., Taylor, G.J., Bagby, R.M., De Carne, M.: Alexithymia and functional gastrointestinal disorders: A comparison with inflammatory bowel disease. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 68: 263-269, 1999.
Taylor, G.J., Parker, J.D.A., Bagby, R.M.: Emotional intelligence and the emotional brain: Points of convergence and implications for psychoanalysis. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis 27: 339-354, 1999.
Taylor, GJ: Psychoanalysis and Affective Disorders: A Psychosomatic Perspective. Revista Portuguesa de Psicanalise 17: 9-19, 1998.
Parker, JDA, Taylor, GJ, Bagby, RM: Alexithymia: Relationships with Ego Defense and Coping Styles. Comprehensive Psychiatry 39: 91-98, 1998.
Verissimo, R, Mota-Cardoso, R, Taylor, GJ: Relationship between Alexithymia, Emotional Control, and Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 67: 75-80, 1998.
Beresnevaite, M, Taylor, GJ, Parker, JDA, Andziulis, A: Cross Validation of the Factor Structure of the Lithuanian Translation of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Acta Medica Lituanica 5: 146-149, 1998.
Taylor, GJ, Bagby, RM, Parker, JDA: Disorders of Affect Regulation: Alexithymia in Medical and Psychiatric Illness. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1997.
Taylor, GJ, Taylor, HL: Alexithymia. In Psychological Mindedness: A Contemporary Understanding, edited by M. McCallum and W. Piper. Lawrence Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ, 1997.
Taylor, GJ, Parker, JDA, Bagby, RM, Bourke, MP: Relationships between alexithymia and psychological characteristics associated with eating disorders. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 41: 561-568, 1996.
Todarello, O, Taylor, GJ, Parker, JDA, Fanelli, M: Alexithymia in essential hypertension and psychiatric outpatients: A comparative study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 39: 987-994, 1995.
Taylor, GJ: Psychoanalysis and empirical research: The example of patients who lack psychological mindedness. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 23: 263-281, 1995.
Taylor, GJ: The alexithymia construct: Conceptualization, validation and relationship with basic dimensions of personality. New Trends in Experimental and Clinical Psychiatry, 10:61-74, 1994.
Bagby, RM, Parker, JDA, Taylor, GJ: The Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale -- I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 38: 33-40, 1994.
Bagby, RM, Taylor, GJ, Parker, JDA: The Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale -- II. Convergent, discriminant and concurrent validity. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 38: 33-40, 1994.
Taylor, GJ: Clinical application of a dysregulation model of illness and disease. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74: 583-595, 1993.
Taylor, GJ: Psychosomatics and Self-Regulation. In Interface of Psychoanalysis and Psychology, edited by JW Barron, MN Eagle and DL Wolitzky. American Psychological Association Publications: Washington, DC, 1992, pp. 464-488.
Taylor, GJ: Psychosomatic Medicine and Contemporary Psychoanalysis. International Universities Press: Madison, CT., 1987.