Evaluating the MIQ-ID
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Mental Imagery Questionnaire for People with Intellectual Disabilities (MIQ-ID): development and validation
IRAS ID
357021
Contact name
Olivia Hewitt
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 1 days
Research summary
Background
Our study is about evaluating a new questionnaire to measure how well people with intellectual disabilities can make and change their mental images. People with anxiety often have unhelpful mental images (pictures in their heads) which keep them feeling anxious. Mental imagery interventions can help to change these unhelpful pictures or mental images, and so reduce anxiety.
We have worked with people with intellectual disabilities and other stakeholders (family members, health and care professionals, and advocates) to develop a questionnaire to measure how real and controllable their mental images are. This questionnaire is short and easy to complete. It is called the Mental Imagery Questionnaire for People with Intellectual Disabilities (MIQ-ID)
Aims
To check the MIQ-ID is measuring what we think it will measure (it is valid) and that it is consistent and stable over time (reliable).
Method
We will ask 200 people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities to take part in this study. They will meet the researcher for two session, two weeks apart. The first session will last up to 30 minutes. The second session will last 5-10 minutes.
At session one they will complete:
• Consent forms
• Demographic questionnaire
• WASI-II (an abbreviated measure of IQ level)
• MIQ-ID (the new questionnaire)
At session two they will just complete the MIQ-ID again.
We will find participants through community advertising (day centres, respite services, residential homes, supported living projects etc) and through routine NHS learning disability services e.g. annual health checks.
The people collecting data will be assistant psychologists, trainee and qualified clinical psychologists.
Eligibility criteria:
• Aged 18 years or older
• Able to give informed consent
• Have a mild to moderate intellectual disability
Dissemination
We will publish an article to tell other researchers our findings. We will provide easy read summaries to all venues through which we recruit participants.REC name
London - Brighton & Sussex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/PR/1101
Date of REC Opinion
26 Sep 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion