Measuring athlete imagery ability: The sport imagery ability questionnaire

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 416-440

  Williams, Sarah E ^a   Cumming, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ease of imaging; Imagery content; Scale development; Sport psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957814536     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.33.3.416     Document Type: Article

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