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Measuring the Frequency of Inner-Experience Characteristics by Self-Report: The Nevada Inner Experience

Christopher L Heavey¹, Stefanie A Moynihan¹, Vincent P Brouwers¹

¹Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States.

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|January 29, 2019

Summary

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Researchers developed the Nevada Inner Experience Questionnaire (NIEQ) to measure inner speaking, inner seeing, unsymbolized thinking, feelings, and sensory awareness. The NIEQ shows psychometric adequacy for assessing inner experience phenomena.

Keywords:

descriptive experience sampling feelings inner experience inner seeing inner speech questionnaire sensory awareness unsymbolized thinking

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Psychology
Cognitive Science

Background:

Descriptive experience sampling identifies five common inner experiences: inner speaking, inner seeing, unsymbolized thinking, feelings, and sensory awareness.
Current methods for measuring these phenomena are limited or unavailable.
A validated questionnaire is needed to efficiently assess inner experience frequency.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate the Nevada Inner Experience Questionnaire (NIEQ).
To assess the psychometric adequacy of the NIEQ in measuring five key phenomena of inner experience.

Main Methods:

Creation of the NIEQ with five subscales targeting inner speaking, inner seeing, unsymbolized thinking, feelings, and sensory awareness.
Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to evaluate the questionnaire's structure.
Concurrent validation was assessed by correlating the NIEQ's inner speaking subscale with an existing self-talk questionnaire.

Main Results:

Exploratory factor analysis identified four factors: inner speaking, inner seeing, unsymbolized thinking, and feelings.
Confirmatory factor analysis supported a five-factor model, including sensory awareness.
A significant correlation was found between the NIEQ inner speaking subscale and Brinthaupt's Self-Talk Scale, indicating concurrent validity.

Conclusions:

The Nevada Inner Experience Questionnaire (NIEQ) demonstrates psychometric adequacy for measuring inner experience phenomena.
The NIEQ provides a valuable tool for researchers to efficiently assess inner speaking, inner seeing, unsymbolized thinking, feelings, and sensory awareness.
Further validation supports the NIEQ's utility in psychological research on inner experience.