Open AccessValidation of a Computer-Based Version of the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire
Author(s) -
Stephan F. Dahm
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
psychological test adaptation and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2698-1866
DOI - 10.1027/2698-1866/a000022
Subject(s) - psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , confirmatory factor analysis , test (biology) , movement (music) , mental image , convergent validity , cognitive psychology , psychometrics , computer science , developmental psychology , structural equation modeling , cognition , internal consistency , machine learning , paleontology , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , biology , aesthetics
Abstract. A computer-based version of the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire (VMIQ-2) was tested and compared with the print version. Psychometric characteristics of the print version were replicated with the computer-based version using a between-subject design in Study 1 ( n 1 = 240; n 2 = 254) and using a within-subject design in Study 2 ( N = 285). Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the three-dimensional structure of the VMIQ-2. Model fits, test–retest reliability, interfactor correlations, and correlations with other questionnaires did not differ significantly between the computer-based and print versions. Convergent validity was shown by significant correlations with the Movement Imagery Questionnaire 3. The computer-based version of the VMIQ-2 is considered a valid instrument to measure vividness of action imagery.