title: Imagery factors in the Spanish version of the Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire.
abstract: The factor structure and internal consistency reliability of the Spanish version of the Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire was analyzed. 969 male and female high school students completed the questionnaire and the Gordon Test of Visual Imagery Control. Factor analysis indicated that the questionnaire comprises five factors: "interest in words," "dream vividness and frequency," "verbal fluency," "task performance difficulty," and "ways of thinking and acting." The internal consistency was very low (Cronbach alpha = .30). The correlation between scores and those on the Gordon test was statistically significant because N was large but very weak (r =.08, p<.05). The questionnaire measured five distinct factors, and this should be taken into account when using the Spanish version rather than a coherent dimension.
authors.affiliation: University of Santiago de Compostela, Department of Basic Psychology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. pscampos@usc.es
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: María Angeles
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Angeles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014825:Vocabulary