کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
894831 1472149 2009 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The rewarding effect of flow experience on performance in a marathon race
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی ارتوپدی، پزشکی ورزشی و توانبخشی
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The rewarding effect of flow experience on performance in a marathon race
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectivesThis research aimed to shed light on the relationship between flow experience and performance in sports using a marathon race as an example. We hypothesized that flow influences the marathon race performance by an indirect rewarding effect. We assumed that the positive quality of flow experience rewards the pre-race running activity and thereby enhances training behavior which again leads to high race performance. A methodological issue of the this was to compare the retrospective with the experience-sampling measure of flow.DesignThree studies with marathon runners (Ns = 109, 112, 65 for Studies 1, 2, and 3, respectively) were conducted.MethodThey measured flow experience four times during a marathon race either retrospectively (Studies 1 and 2) or using an experience-sampling method during the race (Study 3). Additionally race performance and future running motivation (Studies 1, 2, and 3), pre-race training behavior (Studies 2 and 3) and flow experience in training (Study 3) were measured.ResultsThe results confirmed the hypothesis showing that flow during a marathon race is related to future running motivation, but is not directly linked to race performance. Instead, race performance was predicted by pre-race training behavior (Studies 2 and 3) which again was fostered by flow during the training (Study 3). The descriptive flow courses of the retrospective and the experience-sampling flow measures were comparable but also showed important differences.ConclusionsWe critically discuss the practical implications of the rewarding effect of flow on performance and the advantages of the retrospective and experience-sampling measure of flow.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 168–174
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