Abstract
Two studies examined the theory that emotive-abstract, sensory modality, and control imagery are functionally distinct abilities and that emotive-abstract imagery and image control are directly related to the quality of intherapy imagery. In Study One, 199 subjects completed self-report measures of sensory modality, molar imagery, and image control and completed an analogue clinical visualization task. In Study Two, 53 test-anxious covert behavior therapy participants completed the self-report battery and provided ratings of in-therapy image clarity. Results indicated that emotive/abstract imagery, sensory modality imagery, and image control are factorially distinguishable abilities; a cross-sample factor analysis revealed some instability but a theoretically consistent pattern of results. Regression analyses demonstrated that emotive-abstract imagery abilities were the best predictors of performance on the analogue task, whereas both image control and emotive imagery were related to the clarity of in-therapy imagery. Results illustrate the qualitative difference between low- and high-order image processes and the possible interaction between emotive imagery and image control. Implications for imagery assessment and individual differences research are discussed.
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