Use of imagery by athletes in Nigeria.

Five types of imagery used by 188 Nigerian athletes in track and field, soccer, and table tennis were examined using the Sport Imagery Questionnaire [M age for men 24.7 yr. (SD=3.6) and for women 23.3 yr. (SD=3.4)] to assess whether these participants differed in their use of imagery. Significant differences were noted for the three sports on subscales of Cognitive General, Motivational Specific, Motivation General-Mastery, and Motivation General-Arousal, while moderate to strong positive correlations were identified among scores on imagery subscales, especially Motivation General-Mastery and Motivation General-Arousal. Cronbach alpha for the questionnaire was suitable for all subscales but one.