Refining the evaluation of mental imagery measures: A commentary on McIntyre et al. (2024)

IF 13.7 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Clinical Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI:10.1016/j.cpr.2025.102582

Dori Rubinstein

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Abstract

McIntyre et al. (2024) conducted a systematic review of mental imagery measures in emotional disorders using the COSMIN framework. While their work is a valuable contribution, several methodological issues raise concerns about the validity of their conclusions. This commentary discusses three key issues: (1) potential misinterpretation of scale construct definitions, (2) inconsistencies in study selection, and (3) limited consideration of the adaptive role of mental imagery. The Fantastic Reality Ability Measurement (FRAME) scale serves as an illustrative example. Addressing these limitations is crucial to ensuring that future systematic reviews accurately reflect the scope, function, and psychometric properties of mental imagery measures.

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完善心理意象测量的评价：述评。

McIntyre 等人（2024 年）使用 COSMIN 框架对情绪障碍中的心理意象测量方法进行了系统回顾。尽管他们的工作做出了宝贵的贡献，但几个方法论问题引起了人们对其结论有效性的担忧。本评论将讨论三个关键问题：（1）量表结构定义的潜在误读；（2）研究选择的不一致性；（3）对心理想象的适应性作用考虑有限。梦幻现实能力测量（FRAME）量表就是一个很好的例子。解决这些局限性对于确保未来的系统性综述准确反映心理意象测量的范围、功能和心理测量特性至关重要。

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Clinical Psychology Review PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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