Kwekkeboom K, Huseby-Moore K, Ward S
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing, 53792, USA.
Res Nurs Health. 1998 Jun;21(3):189-98. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(199806)21:3<189::aid-nur2>3.0.co;2-d.
Imaging ability, the ability to generate mental images and become absorbed in them as if they were real, is proposed as a moderator in the relationship between guided imagery and symptom relief. Two existing measures of image generation, Marks's (1973) Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire and Betts's (1909) shortened Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery (Sheehan, 1967), and one measure of absorption, Tellegen's Absorption scale (1993; TAS) were completed by 60 graduate students prior to listening to a guided imagery intervention to relieve anxiety associated with an upcoming stressful task. Analyses were conducted using data from 30 participants (7 men and 23 women) who reported an increase in anxiety level after learning of the stressful task. Participants were divided into two groups, successful (n=21) and unsuccessful (n=9) users of imagery, based on change in anxiety scores after listening to the guided imagery intervention. Absorption (TAS) scores were significantly higher for persons in the successful group; there were no differences in image generation scores. Two TAS items were identified as potential predictors of success with guided imagery. Findings may be helpful in developing a clinically useful instrument to predict likelihood of success with guided imagery in relieving cancer pain and its distress.
成像能力，即生成心理意象并沉浸其中仿佛它们是真实的能力，被认为是引导式意象与症状缓解之间关系的调节因素。60名研究生在聆听旨在缓解与即将到来的压力任务相关焦虑的引导式意象干预之前，完成了两项现有的意象生成测量方法，即马克斯（1973年）的视觉意象生动性问卷和贝茨（1909年）经希恩（1967年）缩短的心理意象问卷，以及一项吸收测量方法，即泰勒根的吸收量表（1993年；TAS）。使用来自30名参与者（7名男性和23名女性）的数据进行分析，这些参与者在得知压力任务后报告焦虑水平有所上升。根据聆听引导式意象干预后焦虑得分的变化，参与者被分为两组，即意象使用成功组（n = 21）和不成功组（n = 9）。成功组的吸收（TAS）得分显著更高；意象生成得分没有差异。两项TAS项目被确定为引导式意象成功与否的潜在预测因素。研究结果可能有助于开发一种临床上有用的工具，以预测引导式意象在缓解癌症疼痛及其痛苦方面取得成功的可能性。
