Exquisite Moments: Achieving Optimal Flow in Three Activity-Based Groups Regardless of Early-Childhood Adversity

Autor/inn/en	Thomson, Paula; Jaque, S. Victoria
Titel	Exquisite Moments: Achieving Optimal Flow in Three Activity-Based Groups Regardless of Early-Childhood Adversity
Quelle	In: American Journal of Play, 8 (2016) 3, S.345-361 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-0399
Schlagwörter	Early Experience; Stress Variables; Stress Management; Coping; Athletes; Dance; Recreational Activities; Incidence; Psychological Patterns; Emotional Problems; Children; Artists; Correlation; Statistical Analysis; Multivariate Analysis; Control Groups; Personality Traits; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühbeginn; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Bewältigung; Athlet; Tanz; Freizeitgestaltung; Vorkommen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Multivariate Analyse; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	Flow experiences (also known as optimal performance) occur when people engage in activities they enjoy. The authors discuss such events in their study that examined a number of healthy, active individuals (performing artists, athletes, and others engaged in a range of recreational activities) and divided these into three groups based on adverse childhood experiences. They found that, although fl?ow is higher among the individuals who experienced more adversity in childhood, this same group also had more difficulty regulating emotions and more frequently employed emotion-oriented coping strategies under stress. They also discovered that, compared to the athletes and regularly active individuals, performing artists suffered significantly more adversity in childhood and engaged in more emotional-oriented coping strategies. All three groups, however, enjoyed high autotelic fl?ow experiences, which--so the authors suggest--indicates that the subjects derived meaning from their preferred activities. Overall, the authors claim, their study's findings reinforce the psychological benefits of ?flow-based experiences. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01