AUTHOR=Liu Mingfan , Chen Yiting , Yin Xiaoying , Peng Dandan , Wang Xinqiang , Ye Baojuan 

TITLE=Measuring Prospective Imagery: Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Prospective Imagery Task

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645127

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645127

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>Prospective negative imagery is suggested to play an important role in the development and maintenance of anxiety and depression. The Prospective Imagery Task (PIT) was developed to assess prospective imagery. Given the importance of prospective imagery for mental health in the Chinese cultural context, our objective was to examine the psychometric properties of the PIT in a Chinese sample.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>The instrument was validated among a sample of 1,372 Chinese individuals (mean age = 19.98, <italic>SD</italic> = 4.57; 35.2% male) who completed the PIT immediately following the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait version (STAI-T).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The two-factor structure of the PIT was in line with the original study, with satisfactory reliability and positive correlations with the BDI-II and STAI-T scores. Latent profile analysis revealed a three-class pattern. The measurement invariance indicated that the instrument can be used among different age groups as well as among males and females.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>The Chinese version of the PIT is a reliable and valid tool to measure prospective imagery, and the positive subscale is meaningful for clinical psychology. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.</p></sec>