Psychometric properties of the revised Movement Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ-R)

Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Monsma, Eva V ^a   Short, Sandra E ^b   Hall, Craig R ^c   Gregg, Melanie ^c   Sullivan, Phil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Imagery ability; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149116442     PISSN: 19320191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1932-0191.1027     Document Type: Article

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