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  Relationships between Flow, Self-Concept, Psychological Skills, and Performance
 
 
Title: Relationships between Flow, Self-Concept, Psychological Skills, and Performance
Author: Jackson, Susan A.
Thomas, Patrick R.
Marsh, Herbert W.
Smethurst, Christopher J.
Appeared in: Journal of applied sport psychology
Paging: Volume 13 (2001) nr. 2 pages 129-153
Year: 2001-06-01
Contents: The main purpose of this study was to examine psychological factors of potential relevance to athletic flow experiences. A secondary purpose was to empirically examine the relationship between flow and optimal performance. Understanding factors that may be associated with flow will help to make this optimal mental state more accessible to researchers and practitioners. Self-concept and use of psychological skills were predicted to be related to self-reported flow states. Competitive athletes across three sports completed dispositional assessments of athletic self-concept, psychological skills, and flow. The athletes also completed a post-event flow assessment, as well as other questions relating to their performance, after a specified competitive event. Positive relationships were found between flow and aspects of self-concept, and the relationships between flow and psychological skills use were also in the expected directions. In addition, the predicted positive relationship between a post-event flow assessment and performance criteria was obtained. This study builds on earlier research that has investigated antecedents of flow, and contributes to the expanding knowledge base of psychological factors related to optimal experience and performance.
Publisher: Routledge
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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