Year: 2001
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Preference for imagery perspective, imagery perspective training and This thesis investigated the use, training, and performance effects of internal and external imagery. In Study 1,41 participants aged 14 to 28 (M = 19.4 years) completed the Imagery Use Questionnaire (lUQ; Hall, Rodgers, & Barr, 1990) and then imagined performing eight common sports skills, four open skills and four closed skills, in a random order. Participants provided concurrent verbalisation (CV) during their imagery. Immediately after imagination of each skill participants completed retrospective verbalisation (RV) and rating scales (RS) of imagery perspective used. Results revealed that the lUQ gave a general imagery perspective preference and the CV, RS, and RV were equivalent measures of imagery perspective actually used. Participants experienced more intemal imagery than external imagery across imagination over all eight sport skills, but reported
Author: Michael Spittle
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1602816097