Year: 2003
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Mental imagery is widely accepted by sport psychologists, coaches, and athlètes to be a useful psychological technique in the training of athlètes for excellence (Hall, 1998; Janssen & Sheikh, 1994). If imagery training is to be maximally effective, practitioners need to establish an understanding ofthe athlètes ' ability to image. To achieve this, it is necessary to assess imagery ability in a reliable, valid, and comprehensive manner (Moran, 1993). As yet no multi-modal, multi-dimensional, sport spécifie test has been fully validated. The purpose of this thesis is to describe the development, reliability, and validation of an assessment tool for use in imagery research and training programs, the Sport Imagery Ability Measure (SIAM). The original SIAM is a 72-item task-oriented imagery ability measure. Participants décide on a sport spécifie version of each of six generic sport-related scènes and image each scène for 60 seconds. After imaging each scène, they respond to 12 items that assess five imagery dimensions (vividness, control, ease of génération, speed of génération, duration), six sensés during imagery (visual, auditory, kinaesthetic,
Author: Anthony Watt
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1499454466