Further validation and development of the movement imagery questionnaire

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-646

  Williams, Sarah E ^a   Cumming, Jennifer ^a   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^a   Nordin Bates, Sanna M ^b   Ramsey, Richard ^c   Hall, Craig ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ease of imaging; Imagery ability; Imagery perspective; Observational learning; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867407448     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.34.5.621     Document Type: Article

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