The Effect of Performance Context and Skill Level on the Frequency of Flow Experiences

Koehn, Stefan and Morris, Tony (2012) The Effect of Performance Context and Skill Level on the Frequency of Flow Experiences. European Journal of Sport Science, 14 (sup1). S478-S486.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to examine interaction effects between skill level and performance contexts on the experience of flow in adolescent tennis players. The study employed a factorial design to examine differences in flow frequency between competition and training settings and the independent groups factor of ranking-list and club players. Junior tennis players (55 males, 29 females) completed the Dispositional Flow Scale-2 in training and competition settings. A repeated-measure ANCOVA, with years of tennis experience and training hours per week as covariates, showed a significant main effect for skill level, F(1, 82) = 6.67, p < .05, np² = .08, a significant main effect for performance contexts, F(1, 82) = 7.69, p < .01, np² = .09, and a significant disordinal interaction, F(1, 82) = 9.93, p < .01, np² = .11. Lower skilled athletes experienced flow with similar frequency across performance contexts, whereas advanced players experienced flow more often during training than competition. Qualitative results showed that club players’ involvement in both performance contexts was mainly based on intrinsic reasons, whereas ranking-list players reported intrinsic reasons for training, but a high number of extrinsic reasons for competition. Future studies should take propositions of the flow model into account in order to advance theoretical developments on interaction effects and shed more light into the complex processes underlying flow in sport.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Journal of Sport Science in 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17461391.2012.718364"
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > School of Health and Sport Sciences
Depositing User:	Stefan Koehn
Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2016 09:08
Last Modified:	18 Apr 2020 10:06
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/1577

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