Development of the Chinese Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revision

The purpose of this study was to develop the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revision (MIQ-R) into Chinese version, and to examine its reliability and validity. This study included two procedures. In procedure one, the factor structure was verified, and in procedure two, the measurement invariance of this questionnaire was examined. The subjects for each procedure were four and six collegiate athletes respectively (each procedure included 237 valid questionnaires, total 474 valid questionnaires). The results showed a two-factor oblique model of MIQ-R Scale, named kinesthetic imagery and visual imagery. This theoretical model was found to be good overall fit, construct reliability, convergent validity, discriminate validity, and passed the examination of measurement invariance. It was concluded that the development of the Chinese MIQ-R had provided good reliability and validity. The MIQ-R could be used to assess competitive athletes' movement imagery ability by future researchers.