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

Oaie, Florentina Ecaterina, Bower, Joanne L. and Steel, Craig (2025) The development of the Negative Mental Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ-N). Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 53 (1). pp. 17-29. ISSN 1352-4658

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Data availability statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author, C.S. Funding information: This research did not receive any specific grant form any funding agency, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	intrusive images,mental imagery,negative images,questionnaire development,trans-diagnostic,psychology(all),sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2024 10:30
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 12:59
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97205
DOI:	10.1017/S1352465824000304

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