The Spanish Version of the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire: Factor Structure and Internal Consistency Reliability

Campos, Alfredo; González, María Ángeles; Amor, Angeles

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“…The Spanish version ( Campos et al, 2002 ) of the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) ( Marks, 1973 ) has 16 items that the participants had to complete twice, the first time with eyes open, and the second with eyes shut. An example of an item is: “Visualize a rising sun… The sun is rising above the horizon into a hazy sky.” The items are anchored on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging between 1 ( perfectly clear imagery that is as vivid as the real experience ) and 5 ( no imagery, you only know that you are thinking about the object ).…”

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“…A further widely used questionnaire is the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) developed by Marks (1973), which specifically focuses on visual imagery vividness with eyes either open or shut. The Spanish version was designed by Campos et al (2002). The internal consistency of the VVIQ is good; Campos et al (2002) obtained a Cronbach's alpha of 0.88, and McKelvie (1995) a Cronbach's α of 0.89.…”

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“…The Spanish version was designed by Campos et al (2002). The internal consistency of the VVIQ is good; Campos et al (2002) obtained a Cronbach's alpha of 0.88, and McKelvie (1995) a Cronbach's α of 0.89. The updated version of the VVIQ, which includes 16 items from the original and 16 new items that are presented in a single test and completed with both eyes shut (VVIQ-2; Marks, 1995;McKelvie, 1995), has been evaluated in several Spanish studies (Campos and Pérez-Fabello, 2009;Campos, 2011).…”

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Spanish Version of the Plymouth Sensory Imagery Questionnaire

Pérez-Fabello

Campos

2020

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Objective: The current interest in mental imagery in fields such as sport and physical training, health, education, underscore the need for designing general measures of imagery vividness that include different sensorial modalities such as the Plymouth Sensory Imagery Questionnaire (Psi-Q; Andrade et al., 2014). The Psi-Q measures imagery vividness in seven sensorial modalities with a factorial structure of seven factors corresponding to the sensorial modalities, and has good internal consistency. The aim of the present study was to translate the Psi-Q into Spanish and to assess its psychometric properties. Methods: The questionnaire was back-translated, and administered to 394 fine arts undergraduates. Moreover, this test was compared to other questionnaires measuring different types de imagery. Results: A confirmatory factor analysis found that the Psi-Q had seven factors (vision, sound, smell, taste, touch, bodily sensation, and emotional feeling) with results similar to the original test. Values suggested a better fit for the model of the short version. The internal consistency values were 0.93 for the long and 0.89 for the short test. The Psi-Q subscales correlated significantly (p < 0.01) with the total of the Betts' QMI subscales, and the VVIQ, with the highest significance observed between the Psi-Q Touch and Betts' QMI Cutaneous (r = −0.57), and between the Psi-Q Olfactory and Betts' QMI Smell (r = −0.56). Owing to its novelty, the high correlation and significance (p < 0.01) between Psi-Q Vision and the OSIVQ Object (r = 0.36) is worth noting. Conclusion: The Spanish version of the Psi-Q was an adequate measure for evaluating different sensorial modalities of imagery vividness, and exhibited similar psychometric properties to those of the original version. The growing interest in mental imagery in different fields of application justifies the need for adapting the Psi-Q for the Spanish speaking population. This questionnaire is a valuable tool for the understanding of imagery as a psychological process, and as a variable influencing other processes.

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“…25,26 Subjects completed the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire 36 during this interview. There was no between-group difference in the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire scores (Table 1).…”

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Healthy individuals treated with clomipramine: an fMRI study of brain activity during autobiographical recall of emotions

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Various functional magnetic resonance imaging studies addressed the effects of antidepressant drugs on brain functioning in healthy subjects; however, none specifically investigated positive mood changes to antidepressant drug. Sixteen subjects with no personal or family history of psychiatric disorders were selected from an ongoing 4-week open trial of small doses of clomipramine. Follow-up interviews documented clear positive treatment effects in six subjects, with reduced irritability and tension in social interactions, improved decision making, higher self-confidence and brighter mood. These subjects were then included in a placebo-controlled confirmatory trial and were scanned immediately after 4 weeks of clomipramine use and again 4 weeks after the last dose of clomipramine. The functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans were run during emotion-eliciting stimuli. Repeated-measures analysis of variance of brain activity patterns showed significant interactions between group and treatment status during induced irritability (P<0.005 cluster-based) but not during happiness. Individuals displaying a positive subjective response do clomipramine had higher frontoparietal cortex activity during irritability than during happiness and neutral emotion, and higher temporo–parieto–occipital cortex activity during irritability than during happiness. We conclude that antidepressants not only induce positive mood responses but also act upon autobiographical recall of negative emotions.

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Exploring the vividness of mental imagery and eidetic imagery in people with intellectual disability (ID) in comparison with typically developing (TD) individuals

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Background: Mental imagery (MI) has been described as the "ability to simulate in the mind information that is not currently being perceived by the sense organs" (Moran, 2012, p. 166). The vividness of mental imagery has been defined as the clarity, brightness, or intensity of an image as reported by the individual (Marks, 1973). There are many studies conducted on vividness in typically developing (TD) individuals, however, no attempt has been made either to assess the vividness of mental imagery in people with intellectual disability (ID) or compare it with that of typically developing (TD) adults. Metods: A vividness of imagery test (comprising a modified version of the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire 2, (VVIQ-2; Marks, 1995), and two items of the Age Projection Test, (APT; Ahsen, 1988) were administered to participants with mild, moderate, and severe ID. Their performance on the vividness scale was compared with typically developing individuals. Measures for cognitive and adaptive functioning were administered to ascertain the ID level of participants. Results: The results of this study reveal a non-significant group difference between people with mild ID, moderate ID, and TD on the vividness of mental imagery and eidetic imagery. People with severe ID performed significantly lower than the other three groups. Conclusion: Despite their cognitive impairment, a non-significant difference between the performance of people with mild and moderate ID and typically developing individuals on imagery vividness scale is noteworthy. What this paper addsThis is an empirical study conducted to investigate the ability of people with intellectual disability (ID) to experience the vividness of mental imagery (MI) and eidetic imagery (EI) in comparison with typically developing (TD) individuals. The results of this study indicated the potential of people with mild and moderate ID to experience the vividness of MI and EI, despite the cognitive impairment, without any significant difference from TD individuals. The findings of this study raise a question about the suggested role of cognition in experiencing the vividness of MI and EI.

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The Spanish Version of the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire: Factor Structure and Internal Consistency Reliability

Cited by 41 publications

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Spanish Version of the Plymouth Sensory Imagery Questionnaire

Spanish Version of the Plymouth Sensory Imagery Questionnaire

Healthy individuals treated with clomipramine: an fMRI study of brain activity during autobiographical recall of emotions

Exploring the vividness of mental imagery and eidetic imagery in people with intellectual disability (ID) in comparison with typically developing (TD) individuals

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