The development of the Negative Mental Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ-N)

Florentina Ecaterina Oaie; Joanne L. Bower; Craig Steel

doi:10.1017/S1352465824000304

The development of the Negative Mental Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ-N)

Florentina Ecaterina Oaie, Joanne L. Bower, Craig Steel

School of Psychology

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Abstract

Background: Mental imagery plays a key role in the onset and maintenance of psychological disorders, and has become the target of psychological interventions for the treatment of several anxiety-related conditions. However, there are currently no transdiagnostic measures designed to assess the varied dimensions of mental imagery relevant to psychopathology.

Aim: To develop and validate a new measure assessing the experiences and appraisals of negative mental imagery.

Method: The initial item pool was generated through a comprehensive literature review and interviews with subject-matter experts. An online community sample provided data for the exploratory (n = 345) and confirmatory (n = 325) factor analyses.

Results: The new 16-item Negative Mental Imagery Questionnaire demonstrated four subscales (Intrusiveness, Controllability, Beliefs about Mental Imagery, and Realness). Reliability and validity were good to excellent for both the full- and sub-scales.

Conclusions: Appraisals of mental imagery captured by the new measure are consistent with previous research on mental imagery and psychopathology.

Original language	English
Journal	Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Early online date	18 Oct 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465824000304
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 18 Oct 2024

Keywords

Intrusive Images
Mental Imagery
Negative Images
Questionnaire development
trans-diagnostic

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