Auditory Imagery Questionnaire: Its factorial structure, reliability, and validity

Abstract

The present study reports on the structure, reliability and validity of the Auditory Imagery Questionnaire (AIQ), designed to assess the vividness of auditory imagery. In Study 1, Confirmatory factor analyses were used to test two models: a two-factor model and a partial hierarchical model. The structure of the latter model was more psychologically meaningful than that of the former one. Furthermore, the internal reliability of the AIQ was acceptable. Study 2 showed that the AIQ could selectively measure auditory imagery ability. To assess the predictive validity of the AIQ, an additional experiment examined whether AIQ scores could predict the performance of pitch memory. The results demonstrated that low imagers produced more recall errors than high imagers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)