Movement imagery ability: Development and assessment of a revised version of the vividness of movement imagery questionnaire

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-221

  Roberts, Ross ^a   Callow, Nichola ^a   Hardy, Lew ^a   Markland, David ^a   Bringer, Joy ^b,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Sports Council for Wales

^c Sports Council for Wales   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlated traits correlated uniqueness analysis; External visual imagery; Imagery ability; Internal visual imagery; Kinesthetic imagery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIA; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORTS;

EID: 49849106275     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.30.2.200     Document Type: Article

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