Movement imagery ability: development and assessment of a revised version of the vividness of movement imagery questionnaire.
The purpose of this research was to amend the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire (VMIQ; Isaac, Marks, & Russell, 1986) in line with contemporary imagery modality and perspective conceptualizations, and to test the validity of the amended questionnaire (i.e., the VMIQ-2). Study 1 had 351 athletes complete the 3-factor (internal visual imagery, external visual imagery, and kinesthetic imagery) 24-item VMIQ-2. Following single-factor confirmatory factor analyses and item deletion, a 12-item version was subject to correlated traits / correlated uniqueness (CTCU) analysis. An acceptable fit was revealed. Study 2 used a different sample of 355 athletes. The CTCU analysis confirmed the factorial validity of the 12-item VMIQ-2. In Study 3, the concurrent and construct validity of the VMIQ-2 was supported. Taken together, the results of the 3 studies provide preliminary support for the revised VMIQ-2 as a psychometrically valid questionnaire.
Roberts
Ross
R
School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, UK.
Callow
Nichola
N
Hardy
Lew
L
Markland
David
D
Bringer
Joy
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007699:Kinesthesis; D008297:Male; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires