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Imaging Capability, Absorption, Anxiety, Positive and Negative Affect: A Guided Imagery Intervention

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Absorption, the factors of imaging capability, i.e., Vividness of Visual Imagery and Visual Imagery Control, Trait anxiety and the differences in State Anxiety, State Positive Affect and State Negative Affect after the provision of a Guided Imagery intervention. The study was conducted on 30 female final year undergraduates, and an intervention based research model was implemented. The Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (Marks in Br J Psychol 64:17–24, 1973), Test of Visual Imagery Control (Gordon in Br J Psychol Gen Sect 39(3):156–167, 1949) and Tellegen Absorption Scale (Tellegen and Atkinson in J Abnorm Psychol 83(3):268, 1974) were administered to the participants to assess their imaging capability and their tendency towards absorption. A guided imagery track from the Academy of Guided Imagery was utilised for the intervention. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger and Gorsuch in State-trait anxiety inventory for adults: manual, instrument, and scoring guide. Mind Garden, Incorporated, 1983) and The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson et al., in J Abnorm Psychol 97(3):346, 1988) were also employed.

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Vemu, S.P., Sunkarapalli, G. (2018). Imaging Capability, Absorption, Anxiety, Positive and Negative Affect: A Guided Imagery Intervention. In: Leung, MT., Tan, LM. (eds) Applied Psychology Readings. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8034-0_18

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