The Spanish Version of Betts' Questionnaire upon Mental Imagery

2005 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Campos ◽  
María José Pérez-Fabello
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Orthogonal Rotation ◽  
English Version ◽  
Original English Version ◽  
Components Analysis

Sheehan's shortened form of Betts' Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery is one of the most widely used inventories for measuring imaging. Participants were 562 undergraduate students (414 women and 148 men), with a mean age of 20.2 yr. In a principal components analysis followed by varimax orthogonal rotation for the Spanish version, eight factors were identified, six of which coincide with those of the original English version. Internal consistency was .92 (Cronbach alpha). Scores on the Betts Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery correlated −.34 with those on the Gordon Test of Visual Imagery Control, .58 with those on the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire, and .02 with the Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire.

Factor Structure and Internal Consistency of the Spanish Version of the Gordon Test of Visual Imagery Control

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 761-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
María José Pérez-Fabello ◽  
Alfredo Campos
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Orthogonal Rotation ◽  
Components Analysis

We examined the factor structure and internal consistency of the Spanish version of the Gordon Test of Visual Imagery Control, as well as the correlations with scores on the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire and the Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire, for a sample of 479 undergraduates. Principal components analysis, followed by varimax orthogonal rotation, identified the expected four factors (Movement, Misfortune, Colour, and Stationarity), which jointly explained 55% of the variance. The Gordon Test had a Cronbach α value of .69 and correlated significantly with scores on Marks' Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire.

Some Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Clarity of Auditory Imagery Scale

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Campos ◽  
María José Pérez-Fabello
Keyword(s):  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Auditory Imagery ◽  
Orthogonal Rotation ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Components Analysis

Few tests have been designed to measure auditory imagery. This study assessed the factor structure and internal consistency of the Spanish version of the Clarity of Auditory Imagery Scale (CAIS). Participants were 234 undergraduate students ( M age = 19.6 yr.). Internal consistency reliability estimated by Cronbach's alpha was .82. In a principal components analysis followed by varimax orthogonal rotation, five factors were identified. Scores correlated moderately and positively with ratings on the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire–2 and negatively on the auditory scale of Betts' Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery, but weakly and negatively with scores on the Measure of the Ability to Form Spatial Mental Imagery.

Reliability of the Ego-Grasping Scale

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-382
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

Research using Knoblauch and Falconer's Ego-Grasping Scale is reviewed. Using a sample of 695 undergraduate students, the scale had moderate reliability (Cronbach alpha, odd-even numbered items, and test-retest), but a principal-components analysis with a varimax rotation identified five components, indicating heterogeneity in the content of the items. Lower Ego-Grasping scores appear to be associated with better psychological health. The scale has been translated and used with Korean, Kuwaiti, and Turkish students, indicating that the scale can be useful in cross-cultural studies.

Validating the Physical Educators’ Attitude Toward Teaching Individuals with Disabilities III (PEATID III) Survey for Future Professionals

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry L. Folsom-Meek ◽  
Terry L. Rizzo
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Academic Preparation ◽  
Physical Educators ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Components Analysis

The purpose of this study was to assess validity and reliability of the Physical Educators’ Attitude Toward Teaching Individuals with Disabilities III (PEATID III; Rizzo, 1993) for future professionals. Participants (N = 3,464) were undergraduate students enrolled in the introductory adapted physical education course at 235 colleges and universities. Construct validity was obtained through principal components analysis with oblique rotation and supported by principal components analysis with varimax rotation. Results showed that PEATID III measures three factors: (a) outcomes of teaching students with disabilities in regular classes, (b) effects on student learning, and (c) need for more academic preparation to teach students with disabilities. Reliability, as estimated through coefficient alpha, was .88 for the total scale and .71 or greater for each of the disability subscales.

Factor Structure of the Spanish Version of the Object-Spatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire

2011 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 470-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Campos ◽  
María José Pérez-Fabello
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Original Version ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Spatial Imagery ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Questionnaire Measures

The reliability and factor structure of the Spanish version of the Object-Spatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire (OSIVQ) were assessed in a sample of 213 Spanish university graduates. The questionnaire measures three types of processing preferences (verbal, object imagery, and spatial imagery). Principal components analysis with varimax rotation identified three factors, corresponding to the three scales proposed in the original version, explaining 33.1% of the overall variance. Cronbach's alphas were .72, .77, and .81 for the verbal, object imagery, and spatial imagery scales, respectively.

scholarly journals Components of Perceived Risk for Consumer Products

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 494-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent P. Vaubel ◽  
Stephen L. Young
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Potential Harm ◽  
The Third ◽  
Components Analysis

The present study examined the underlying dimensions associated with perceived risk for consumer products. Eighty undergraduate students evaluated 40 products using seventeen rating questions. Principal components analysis was then performed on the ratings. Results indicated the presence of three underlying components or dimensions along which the products varied. The first component dealt with qualitative aspects of the risks associated with a product, such as the degree to which potential hazards were known (or knowable) and the immediacy of their onset. The second component concerned subjects' familiarity with the product. The third component was associated with quantitative aspects of the risks and reflected notions about the magnitude of the potential harm (in terms of the number of potential victims) that might be incurred as a result of using the product. Subsequent regression analyses revealed that each dimension was significantly related to subjects' rated intent to act cautiously with a product. Overall, these results suggest that people do not perceive consumer products unidimensionally. Rather, such perceptions are best conceptualized as reflecting multiple underlying facets.

On the Dimensionality of the Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 887-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn M. Carraher
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Single Component ◽  
Pay Satisfaction ◽  
Orthogonal Rotation ◽  
State University ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽  
Components Analysis

Using a sample of 104 employed business students attending evening courses at a state university, the dimensionality of a pay satisfaction questionnaire was examined. A principal components analysis with an oblique rotation was used to assess whether items hypothesized to load on a raise in pay component and a structure/administration component would actually load on those respective components. This analysis was also compared to one with an orthogonal rotation to assess the assumption of orthogonality between the hypothesized dimensions. The raise and structure/administration items all loaded on a single component along with pay level items, and, based upon hyperplane counts, the assumption of orthogonality between dimensions of satisfaction with pay is poor.

Assessing Computer Anxiety

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 735-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett A. Cohen ◽  
Gordon W. Waugh
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Computer Anxiety ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Clinical Psychology Students ◽  
Industrial Organizational Psychology ◽  
Analysis Computer ◽  
Components Analysis

A study was conducted to develop a scale for assessing computer anxiety. The scale was administered to 152 psychology students. The responses were then subjected to both item and principal components analysis. Computer anxiety was significantly and negatively correlated –.48 with the total amount of experience individuals had had with computers. Graduate and undergraduate students did not differ significantly in anxiety. When controlling for amount of experience with computers, clinical psychology students reported more anxiety than industrial-organizational psychology students, but men and women did not differ significantly in anxiety.

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