The experience of flow in adolescence: Its relationship with personality traits and age

The aim of this study is to assess the experience of flow and its relationship with the personality traits and the age of the adolescents. For this purpose, 224 participants of both sexes were selected, aged 12-20 years, who were examined with various tools: Flow State in adolescents (Leibovich de F...

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Autores: Leibovich de Figueroa, Nora, Maglio, Ana Laura, Giménez, Mariel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación
Repositorio:Memoria Académica (UNLP-FAHCE)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar:snrd:Jpr5849
Acesso em linha:https://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/art_revistas/pr.5849/pr.5849.pdf
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Psicología
Adolescence
Flow
Positive experiences
Adolescent personality
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Resumo:The aim of this study is to assess the experience of flow and its relationship with the personality traits and the age of the adolescents. For this purpose, 224 participants of both sexes were selected, aged 12-20 years, who were examined with various tools: Flow State in adolescents (Leibovich de Figueroa; Schmidt, 2013). This is a self-report technique of 28 items that assesses the Flow State, covering all the aspects theoretically listed as components in the optimal experience of enjoyment. And a self-report Being a teenager nowadays, which evaluates 33 pairs of opposite personality characteristics that represent the personality domains of the NEO-PI-R (Costa; McCrae, 1992. Costa; McCrae, 2005, Leibovich; Schmidt, 2005). Among the found results, it was observed that in the adolescents with high scores on the scale of Flow State, the main personality trait was extroversion. Also, the influence of age on optimal flow experience appears in the chosen activities