Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to test the reliability and validity of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3 (MIQ-3) (Williams et al., 2012) among a Turkish sample. The study was conducted with 136 (104 women, 32 men) university students. Participants are in the 19-29 age range (Mage = 20.97, SD = 1.67). 81 of the participants (59.6%) reported that they were licenced athlete before. The MIQ-3 (Williams et al., 2012), consists of 12 items and three subscales (internal-visual imagery, external-visual imagery, kinesthetic imagery), was developed to assess the imagery ability of individuals towards certain basic movements. The participants were asked to rate the level of ease/difficulty of the imagery task of these movements on a 7-point Likert-type scale (1 = very hard to see/feel; 7 = very easy to see/feel). The results showed that the goodness of fit indices was satisfactory, (χ2 (51) = 87.88, p <.001, CMIN / DF = 1.73, RMSEA = .08 (90% CI = 0.06-0.07), SRMR = .06, NFI = 0.82, CFI = 0.91, and TLI = .89). 0.75 CR and 0.43 AVE values for the internal-visual imagery subscale, 0.76 CR and 0.46 AVE values for the external-visual imagery subscale, and 0.84 CR and 0.57 AVE values for the kinesthetic imagery subscale was obtained. In conclusion, we suggest that the Turkish version of the "Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3" is a valid and reliable scale in measuring individuals' imagery ability.
Authors: Yunus UĞUR, Hamit COŞKUN, Ahmet Yasin ŞENYURT
Institutions: Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Balıkesir University
Language: Turkish
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4200323939