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Kuo CY, Chang YP. Thriving on novelty: Chinese students' journey to creative travel in Thailand. Heliyon 2024; 10:e25632. [PMID: 38375304 PMCID: PMC10875383 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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This study explores the intersection of creative travel and flow experiences among foreign students, a topic not extensively explored in tourism research. Specifically, it examines the mediating role of flow experiences in the relationship between students' novelty-seeking behaviors and their intention to engage in creative travel. Additionally, the research investigates how familiarity with a destination moderates this relationship. Employing structural equation modeling, the study analyzes data from 704 Chinese students in Thailand. The findings reveal that flow experiences positively mediate the link between the students' pursuit of novelty and their creative travel intentions. Moreover, the extent of familiarity with the destination was found to modify the relationship between novelty seeking and flow experiences. This research contributes to the theoretical understanding of these dynamics and offers practical insights for stakeholders in creative travel marketing and management.
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- Cheng-Yi Kuo
- Department of Business Administration, Master Program in Service Industry Management, Chihlee University of Technology, No.313, Sec. 1, Wenhua Rd., Banqiao Dist., New Taipei City 220-305, Taiwan
- Department of Leisure and Recreation Management, Chihlee University of Technology, No.313, Sec. 1, Wenhua Rd., Banqiao Dist., New Taipei City 220-305, Taiwan
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- Department and Graduate School of Tourism Management, Chinese Culture University, No. 55, Hwa-Kang Road, Yang Ming Shan, Taipei 111-396, Taiwan
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Jiang Z, Jiang X, Jin Y, Tan L. A study on participatory experiences in cultural and tourism commercial spaces. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24632. [PMID: 38293442 PMCID: PMC10826305 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Due to the uniqueness and interactivity of its scenario, the cultural and tourism commercial space consistently enriches and enhances the user experience while satisfying users' consumption and shopping. However, there is limited research on the participatory aspect of cultural tourism business spaces from the perspective of users. To this end, the present study investigates the participatory experience of cultural tourism commercial spaces by selecting 305 tourists who visited Huaihai Street in Suzhou for consumption and entertainment and quantifies the relationship between the public's flow experience, aesthetic judgments, and behavioral outcomes using a structural equation modeling approach. The results of the study confirm that aesthetic judgments and flow experiences positively impact behavioral outcomes and that flow experiences also affect aesthetic judgments and behavioral outcomes. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the significance of user participation in cultural tourism business spaces.
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- Ziwen Jiang
- XuBeihong Art Academy, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- School of Design, Jiangnan University,Wuxi, 214013, China
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- XuBeihong Art Academy, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- XuBeihong Art Academy, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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Shang Y, Chen SP, Liu LP. The role of peer relationships and flow experience in the relationship between physical exercise and social anxiety in middle school students. BMC Psychol 2023; 11:428. [PMID: 38057828 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01473-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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The present study examined the relationship between physical exercise and social anxiety by testing a moderated mediation model that focused on how peer relationships mediate the relationship between physical exercise and social anxiety and how flow experience moderates this mediated relationship. A total of 1056 middle school students from six middle schools in Sichuan, China, volunteered to complete questionnaires comprising the Physical Activity Rating Scale, Student Peer Relationship Scale, Social Anxiety Subscale of the Self-Consciousness Scale, and Short (9-Item) Dispositional Flow Scales. Regression analysis indicated that physical exercise negatively influenced social anxiety through peer relationships (indirect effect = -0.04, 95% CI = [-0.067, -0.013]). In addition, a moderated regression analysis indicated that under high-flow experience, physical exercise suppresses social anxiety through positive effects on peer relationships (indirect effect = -0.04, 95% CI = [-0.087, -0.003]), and under low-flow experience, physical exercise exacerbates social anxiety through negative effects on peer relationships (indirect effect = 0.06, 95% CI = [0.016, 0.105]). Some practical implications have been discussed on the physical exercise intervention for suppressing social anxiety in middle school students.
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- Yao Shang
- Center for Physical Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- Center for Physical Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China.
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- Center for Physical Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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Ghanbaran S, Ketabi S, Shahnazari M. Investigating the Effect of Task Type and Modality on Flow Experience Among Intermediate Persian EFL Learners. J Psycholinguist Res 2023; 52:2835-2862. [PMID: 37917319 DOI: 10.1007/s10936-023-10021-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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The merits of the application of flow theory in foreign language teaching have been demonstrated in recent research. This experimental study was aimed at investigating the role of task type and modality in the perception of flow experience by learners as they are engaged in communication tasks. The participants were 78 non-English major university students at an intermediate level of proficiency based on the result of the Oxford quick proficiency test. To do so, the flow experience perceived by 39 dyads while performing information-gap and jigsaw tasks through three modes of communication, i.e. audio-synchronous computer-mediated communication, text-based synchronous computer-mediated communication, and face-to-face communication, was assessed using the short flow scale questionnaire (Martin and Jackson in Motiv Emot, 32(3):141-157, 2008) and task specific flow scale questionnaire (Czimmermann and Piniel in Positive psychology in SLA, 193-214, 2016. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783095360-009 ). To examine the role of task type and modality in flow experience perceived by the participants, the mixed between-within subject's ANOVA test was run for each task in different pair categories. The results indicated that in all three modalities, the jigsaw task induced more flow than the information gap task did. Moreover, in both tasks, Text-SCMC modality aroused less flow than that in either of F2F and Audio-SCMC modalities as perceived by the interlocutors. Hence, no interaction between task type and modality was observed regarding their impact on the perception of flow experience. The findings of the study could provide implications for second language acquisition and instruction.
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- Samira Ghanbaran
- Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Isfahan, Hezar Jarib Ave, Isfahan, Iran
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- Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Isfahan, Hezar Jarib Ave, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Isfahan, Hezar Jarib Ave, Isfahan, Iran
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Lang JJ, Yang LF, Cheng C, Cheng XY, Chen FY. Are algorithmically controlled gig workers deeply burned out? An empirical study on employee work engagement. BMC Psychol 2023; 11:354. [PMID: 37876010 PMCID: PMC10598991 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01402-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND With the emergence of the gig economy as a new economic form, the influence of algorithmic technology control on gig workers' perceptions and engagement has become a topic of academic concern. This study explores the emotional impact of perceived algorithmic control on gig workers and how it affects their work engagement. METHODS This study takes gig workers as the research object to build a structural equation model. Based on the background of gig economy and the Job Demands-Resources model, this paper constructs a mechanism model of the influence of perceived algorithmic control on the work engagement of gig workers. The research data in this paper are collected by questionnaire, and the research hypothesis is tested by the SEM structural model. RESULTS The gig workers in this study believed that perceived algorithmic control positively affects employee work engagement. In addition, burnout was positively correlated with employee work engagement. Burnout played a partial mediating role in the relationship between perceived algorithmic control and employee work engagement. And flow experience played a moderating role through the indirect effect of burnout on employees' work engagement. CONCLUSION Perceived algorithmic control causes burnout among gig workers, but strong algorithmic technology support provides them with rich work resources that can help them meet their work needs. That is, the gig workers may still demonstrate a high level of work engagement even if they experience burnout symptoms.
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- Jiao Jiao Lang
- Endicott College, Woosong University, 17-2, Jayang- dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon City, South Korea
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- School of Economics, Fuyang Normal University, No. 100, Qinghe West Rd, Ying Zhou District, Fuyang City, An Hui Province, China
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- School of Business, Fuyang Normal University, No. 100, Qinghe West Rd, Ying Zhou District, Fuyang City, An Hui Province, China.
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- School of Business, Fuyang Normal University, No. 100, Qinghe West Rd, Ying Zhou District, Fuyang City, An Hui Province, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, Fei Yu Chen, China University of Mining and Technology, No. 1 University Road, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China
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Mao Y, Kang X, Lai Y, Yu J, Deng X, Zhai Y, Kong F, Ma J, Bonaiuto F. Authentic leadership and employee resilience during the COVID-19: The role of flow, organizational identification, and trust. Curr Psychol 2023; 42:1-16. [PMID: 36713621 PMCID: PMC9869839 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-04148-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The present work investigated fundamental mediating mechanisms (i.e., flow experience, organizational identification, and trust), underlining the impact of authentic leadership on employee resilience during the turbulent COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 901 frontline employees working in a construction engineering company in China participated in this study. They were asked to respond to a battery of questionnaires comprising Trust Scale (affective-based, cognitive-based, and competence-based), Flow Proneness Questionnaire (FPQ), Organizational Identification Scale, Authentic Leadership Questionnaire, and Employee Resilience Scale. Results of structural equation modeling indicated that: (1) Authentic leadership positively predicted employee resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic, directly and indirectly. (2) As for the indirect relationship, two parallel mediation effects and one chain mediation were detected: employees' flow at work and organizational identification respectively and dependently mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and employee resilience; trust and organizational identification played as a chain mediation role within authentic leadership-employee resilience association. The study provides empirical evidence for organizations' resilience-building and leadership training programs. Findings also contribute to the literature by facilitating flow intervention, promoting organizational identification and trust to enhance the effect of authentic leadership in promoting positive psychological functioning of employee resilience. Limitations with respect to future research directions were also outlined.
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- Yanhui Mao
- Institute of Applied Psychology, Psychological Research and Counseling Center, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
- Department of Psychology and Behavior Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310028 Hangzhou, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- Southwest Branch, China Railway Construction Group Co., Ltd, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- Department of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, 710062 Xian, China
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- Department of Psychology and Behavior Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310028 Hangzhou, China
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- Facoltà di Economia, Universitas Mercatorum, 00186 Roma, Italy
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Che X, Zhang Y, Lin J, Zhang K, Yao W, Lan J, Li J. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional multiple object tracking learning performance in adolescent female soccer players: The role of flow experience reflected by heart rate variability. Physiol Behav 2023; 258:114009. [PMID: 36326537 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.114009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Three-dimensional multiple object tracking (3D-MOT) has been used in various fields to mimic real-life tracking, especially in perceptual-cognitive skills training for soccer. Yet, the learning efficiency in 3D-MOT tasks has not been compared with 2D-MOT. Further, whether the advantage can be reflected by heart rate variability (HRV) based on the neurovisceral integration model should also be examined. Therefore, we used both 2D- and 3D-MOT in a brief adaptive task procedure for adolescent female soccer players with HRV measurement. A faster tracking speed threshold of participants was found in the 3D- compared to 2D-MOT, as well as average tracking speed in the last training period of 3D-MOT. Moreover, lower low frequency (LF) components of HRV in the 3D-MOT indicated a flow experience, demonstrating the provision of more attentional resources. Therefore, we observed that adolescent female soccer players demonstrated higher learning efficiency in 3D-MOT tasks in virtual reality (VR) through a higher flow experience. This study examined the learning efficiency between the two MOT tasks in the soccer domain using evidence from HRV and highlighted the utility and applicability of 3D-MOT application.
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Wang WT, Lin YL, Lu HE. Exploring the effect of improved learning performance: A mobile augmented reality learning system. Educ Inf Technol (Dordr) 2022; 28:7509-7541. [PMID: 36532795 PMCID: PMC9735210 DOI: 10.1007/s10639-022-11487-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Students are commonly in a high cognitive load state when they encounter sophisticated knowledge. Whether the novel augmented reality (AR) technology can be utilized in an online learning course to explain complicated scientific concepts in a more understandable manner to students during the COVID-19 period is an unaddressed issue. This study aims to investigate the influences of reducing the physical touch or face-to-face teaching/learning practices via using mobile augmented reality learning systems (MARLS) on students' perceived learning effectiveness. The information feedback viewpoint, flow theory, and cognitive load theory are integrated to examine the effects of the information feedback of MARLS on students' learning effectiveness. This study recruited 204 participants from ten universities to complete a learning task via a MARLS and fill out a questionnaire to collect data for the proposed research model. The empirical results revealed information feedback positively and significantly affected flow experience, perceived learning effectiveness, and continued intention. The improved learning performance of learners was positively related to their continued intention. Also, the extraneous cognitive load negatively and significantly moderated the relationship between information feedback and perceived learning effectiveness. This study proposes meaningful implications and suggestions for future research based on the findings of this experiment.
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- Wei-Tsong Wang
- Department of Industrial and Information Management, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Road, Tainan City, 701 Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Industrial and Information Management, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Road, Tainan City, 701 Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Industrial and Information Management, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Road, Tainan City, 701 Taiwan, Republic of China
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Sun J, Guo Y. Influence of tourists' well-being in the post-COVID-19 era: Moderating effect of physical distancing. Tour Manag Perspect 2022; 44:101029. [PMID: 36212167 PMCID: PMC9531666 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2022.101029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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To prevent COVID-19, tourists are required to maintain distance from other people. However, interpersonal contact is a crucial element in tourists' well-being. It is necessary to ask how eliciting both eudaimonic and hedonic well-being will change as a result. The answer is unclear. To address this issue, we used partial least squares equation modeling to examine a city that has efficiently responded to COVID-19. This study expands the influencing model of tourists' well-being by revealing how physical distance moderates the influence of such factors as contact intention, leisure involvement, and flow experience. The study throws light on tourists' psychological recovery and destination management in the post-COVID-19 era.
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- Jiaojiao Sun
- Postdoctoral Station of Business Administration, Fudan University,200433 Shanghai, China
- School of Business, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 215009 Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Postdoctoral Station of Business Administration, Fudan University,200433 Shanghai, China
- Department of Tourism, Fudan University, 200433 Shanghai, China
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Tang Q, Zhang T, Jiang L. Influence of blended instruction on students' learning effectiveness: the role of Flow. Educ Inf Technol (Dordr) 2022; 28:1891-1909. [PMID: 35967827 PMCID: PMC9360721 DOI: 10.1007/s10639-022-11224-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The rapid development and extensive application of information and communication technologies has facilitated blended instruction, which is regarded as the "new normal" in the field of modern education and has become the focus of academic research. This study thus explored the influencing mechanism of blended instruction on students' learning effectiveness from the perspective of complementarity and conflict with the support of flow. This study collected 349 survey data from universities in Southwest China that adopted a blended instruction mode and analyzed them using the structural equation model. The results demonstrated that complementary advantages and practical conflicts in blended instruction influenced students' flow experience during the learning process. Flow experience plays an important role in blended instruction and influences positively students' cognitive, emotional, and behavioral engagement. Learning engagement impacted positively students' learning effectiveness. In addition, self-efficacy positively moderated the relationship between students' learning engagement and learning effectiveness in blended instruction. These findings contribute to related research on blended instruction. The implications and limitations of this study are discussed.
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- Qing Tang
- School of Business and Tourism, Sichuan Agricultural University, 611830 Chengdu, China
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- School of Business and Tourism, Sichuan Agricultural University, 611830 Chengdu, China
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- School of Business and Tourism, Sichuan Agricultural University, 611830 Chengdu, China
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Bassi M, Carissoli C, Beretta S, Negri L, Fianco A, Delle Fave A. Flow Experience and Emotional Well-Being among Italian Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Psychol 2022; 156:395-413. [PMID: 35727991 DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2022.2074347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Research highlighted the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents' emotional well-being worldwide. In the attempt to identify resources which could facilitate adolescents' adjustment, this study examined the occurrence of flow experience and related activities, and the association between flow and emotional well-being among Italian teenagers. In Spring 2021, 150 students (40.7% girls) aged 15-19 completed instruments assessing flow and related activities before and during the pandemic, and current positive and negative affect. Findings revealed that only 24.7% of the participants currently reported flow; over half of those reporting flow before the pandemic did not experience it subsequently, and only 6.5% of those not reporting flow before the pandemic currently experienced it. Participants with flow both before and during the pandemic reported higher positive affect than teens who never experienced flow (p = .011), or lost it (p = .006). No group differences were detected for negative affect. Learning, structured leisure, and interpersonal relations were the domains most frequently associated with flow before and during the pandemic, but after the pandemic onset a reduction in the variety of flow activities and limited identification of new flow domains were observed. The association of flow with higher emotional well-being even in pandemic times suggests the potential usefulness of interventions promoting flow retrieval under adverse circumstances.
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Moral-Bofill L, López de la Llave A, Pérez-Llantada MC, Holgado-Tello FP. Development of Flow State Self-Regulation Skills and Coping With Musical Performance Anxiety: Design and Evaluation of an Electronically Implemented Psychological Program. Front Psychol 2022; 13:899621. [PMID: 35783805 PMCID: PMC9248863 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.899621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Positive Psychology has turned its attention to the study of emotions in a scientific and rigorous way. Particularly, to how emotions influence people's health, performance, or their overall life satisfaction. Within this trend, Flow theory has established a theoretical framework that helps to promote the Flow experience. Flow state, or optimal experience, is a mental state of high concentration and enjoyment that, due to its characteristics, has been considered desirable for the development of the performing activity of performing musicians. Musicians are a population prone to health problems, both psychological and physical, owing to different stressors of their training and professional activity. One of the most common problems is Musical Performance Anxiety. In this investigation, an electronic intervention program was carried out for the development of psychological self-regulation skills whose main objective was to trigger the Flow response in performing musicians and the coping mechanism for Musical Performance Anxiety. A quasi-experimental design was used with a control group in which pre- and post-measures of Flow State, Musical Performance Anxiety and, also, Social Skills were taken. Sixty-two performing musicians from different music colleges in Spain participated in the program. Results indicated that the intervention significantly improved Flow State (t = -2.41, p = 0.02, d = 0.36), and Sense of Control (t = -2.48, p = 0.02, d = 0.47), and decreased Music Performance Anxiety (t = 2.64, p = 0.01, d = 0.24), and self-consciousness (t = -3.66, p = 0.00, d = 0.70) of the participants in the EG but not CG. The changes in the EG after the program showed the inverse relationship between Flow and Anxiety. Two important theoretical factors of both variables (especially in situations of performance and public exposure), such as worry and the feeling of lack of control, could be involved. The results are under discussion and future lines of research are proposed.
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- Laura Moral-Bofill
- Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
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Yu P, Pan J, Wang Z, Shen Y, Li J, Hao A, Wang H. Quantitative influence and performance analysis of virtual reality laparoscopic surgical training system. BMC Med Educ 2022; 22:92. [PMID: 35144614 PMCID: PMC8832780 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03150-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Virtual reality (VR) surgery training has become a trend in clinical education. Many research papers validate the effectiveness of VR-based surgical simulators in training medical students. However, most existing articles employ subjective methods to study the residents' surgical skills improvement. Few of them investigate how to improve the surgery skills on specific dimensions substantially. METHODS Our paper resorts to physiological approaches to objectively study the quantitative influence and performance analysis of VR laparoscopic surgical training system for medical students. Fifty-one participants were recruited from a pool of medical students. They conducted four pre and post experiments in the training box. They were trained on VR-based laparoscopic surgery simulators (VRLS) in the middle of pre and post experiments. Their operation and physiological data (heart rate and electroencephalogram) are recorded during the pre and post experiments. The physiological data is used to compute cognitive load and flow experience quantitatively. Senior surgeons graded their performance using newly designed hybrid standards for fundamental tasks and Global operative assessment of laparoscopic skills (GOALS) standards for colon resection tasks. Finally, the participants were required to fill the questionnaires about their cognitive load and flow experience. RESULTS After training on VRLS, the time of the experimental group to complete the same task could drop sharply (p < 0.01). The performance scores are enhanced significantly (p < 0.01). The performance and cognitive load computed from EEG are negatively correlated (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION The results show that the VRLS could highly improve medical students' performance and enable the participants to obtain flow experience with a lower cognitive load. Participants' performance is negatively correlated with cognitive load through quantitative physiological analysis. This might provide a new way of assessing skill acquirement.
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- Peng Yu
- State Key Lab of VR Tech & Syst, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
- Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
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- State Key Lab of VR Tech & Syst, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
- Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab of VR Tech & Syst, Beihang University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab of VR Tech & Syst, Beihang University, Beijing, China
- Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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- Beijing General Aerospace Hospital, Beijing, China
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Zhu W, Yan R, Song Y. Analysing the impact of smart city service quality on citizen engagement in a public emergency. Cities 2022; 120:103439. [PMID: 34539020 PMCID: PMC8436083 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought great challenges to the improvement of global smart city services. To date, few studies have been conducted on the effects of service quality on citizen engagement in smart cities in a public emergency. Based on the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) model and uncertain management theory, this study analyses the impact of the service quality of smart city system on citizen engagement in a public emergency. Data were collected in Chinese smart cities. Three valuable and novel results are identified. First, high-quality information content, highly reliable systems and highly responsive systems have a significant positive effect on citizens' continuous experiences, but not on citizens' immediate experiences. Second, both the immediate and continuous experiences of citizens have a significant positive effect on citizen engagement. Third, continuous experiences impose a full mediation effect between information content and citizen engagement, between reliability and citizen engagement and between responsiveness and citizen engagement. As its main contribution, this study focuses on the construction of a theoretical model. Based on this model, smart city managers can understand citizens' reactions in public emergencies from stimulation to experience and their behaviours in relation to smart city services.
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- Wenlong Zhu
- Business School, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266520, China
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- Business School, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- Business School, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266520, China
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Bartzik M, Aust F, Peifer C. Negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses can be buffered by a sense of humor and appreciation. BMC Nurs 2021; 20:257. [PMID: 34930240 PMCID: PMC8686101 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-021-00770-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The first analyses of the various consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic show that the risk to nurses' psychological well-being is particularly high. As the pandemic and the demands imposed on nurses are not yet fully understood, there is a need to seek buffering factors to protect nurses' psychological health. In line with the earliest evidence, we hypothesize pandemic-related increases in perceived stress and decreases in the frequency of flow experiences, likewise in satisfaction with work, life, work performance, and well-being. As protective factors while dealing with pandemic-related stress, we suggest an individual's sense of humor and perceived appreciation. METHODS In June/July 2020 - during the first lockdown in Germany - participants completed an online-survey in which they were asked to rate their situation before the pandemic (retrospectively) and during the pandemic. Our sample consisted of 174 registered nurses (161 females, 13 males, Mage = 40.52), of whom 85 worked as public health nurses and 89 as geriatric nurses. RESULTS During the pandemic, nurses felt more stressed, had fewer flow experiences, and were less satisfied with their work, life, work-performance, and well-being than before the pandemic. In addition, nurses felt more appreciation from society but less from their patients. Sense of humor and the perceived appreciation of society and patients were confirmed as buffers of negative pandemic-related effects. CONCLUSION Our study contributes to the so far scarce knowledge on nurses' pandemic-related stress and well-being in combination with their resources. Moreover, we were able to identify sense of humor and appreciation as protective factors.
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- Marek Bartzik
- Department of Psychology, Research Group Work and Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, Research Group Work and Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Research Group Work and Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Digutsch J, Diestel S. How achievement motive enactment shapes daily flow experience and work engagement: The interplay of personality systems. Motiv Emot 2021; 45:557-573. [PMID: 34127871 PMCID: PMC8188950 DOI: 10.1007/s11031-021-09894-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In the present study, we examined how different forms of achievement motive interact to predict daily flow experience and work engagement. In particular, we conducted two diary studies to examine the main and interaction effects of motive enactment via extension memory (a macrosystem that enables holistic and experience-based information processing) and via the object recognition system (an alert-oriented macrosystem). In study 1, in line with personality systems interaction (PSI) theory, we found that motive enactment via extension memory fosters both day-specific flow and work engagement, whereas the conjunction of both forms of motive enactment has beneficial effects on flow and work engagement (two-way interaction). In study 2, we found that role clarity moderates the interaction of the two forms of enactment, indicating that the two-way interaction occurs when role clarity is low. Our results imply that the interplay of different dispositional forms of achievement motive enactment shapes how employees experience flow and engagement.
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- Jan Digutsch
- Flexible Control of Behaviour, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical University Dortmund, Ardeystr. 67, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
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- Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Economy, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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Chow CF, Cheung CHW, So LMY. Factors Influencing Gambling Behavior Among Employees in Macau Gambling Industry. J Gambl Stud 2021; 38:87-121. [PMID: 34031783 DOI: 10.1007/s10899-021-10034-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Casino staff of the gambling industry seem to have a higher risk of pathological gambling than the general public because they share many previously identified risk factors, such as easy access to gambling activities. The studies in western countries reported casino staff have a higher prevalence of problematic gambling than the general public. However, some studies in Macau revealed gambling behavior among casino staff is not more common than among other residents there. A quantitative study was conducted with employees of Macau's casinos (N = 714) to understand gambling behavior among casino staff. Structural equation modeling was developed with time spent on gambling as a dependent variable, and awareness of responsible gambling, sensation-seeking tendency, psychological distress, demographic factors, peer/family pressure against gambling, and perception of expected rewards as independent variables. T-test, ANOVA, and correlations were computed for analyzing the obtained data. The structural equation modelling with the time spent on gambling as a dependent variable showed an acceptable model fit (The Chi-square = 5.567, Probability level = .696, CMIN/DF 0.696; NFI = 0.976; NNFI = 1.072; CFI = 1.000; RMSEA = 0.000). Psychological distress, sensation-seeking tendency, peer/family pressure against gambling all have significant effects on time spent on gambling. Perception of expected rewards showed the highest R square in the structural equation modeling and accounted for 77.9% cases of variance for the time spent on gambling. It is predicted that protective factors against pathological gambling include prohibition of gambling in the working venue, a satisfactory salary, and exposure to negative impacts of gambling via their job duties. Given that a high proportion of staff share most risk factors and less than 30% of respondents participated in gambling in the past year, further exploration of the protective factors from casino employees' point of view and further research on casino workers' "expected rewards" are recommended to generate ideas for improving the effectiveness of responsible gambling campaigns in future.
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Mayer K, Lukács A. Motivation and mental well-being of long-distance hikers: A quantitative and qualitative approach. Heliyon 2021; 7:e06960. [PMID: 34007934 PMCID: PMC8111588 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Hikers performing long distances (1000–5500 kms a year) were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate their mental well-being and to find their motivation as well as to analyze the excessive physical activity. 112 hikers completed a questionnaire (M(age) = 40.28, SD = 8.77, 57.1% male) and 25 individuals were interviewed. Distance had association only with perceived health status. There were no differences between males and females, as well as between age groups and educational attainments regarding distance. 33.3% of hikers indicated symptoms of loneliness and 4.5% were involved excessively in hiking that was significantly regressed by distress. Hikers had mainly intrinsic motivations to complete long distances including overcoming new challenges, finding the physical boundaries, experiencing a state outside the comfort zone, belonging to a special group with similar interest and attracted by the beauty of nature. Overcoming all these embodied in a flow experience that took them further to perform the new long-distance trails.
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- Krisztina Mayer
- Faculty of Healthcare, University of Miskolc, 3515 Miskolc-Egyetemváros, Hungary
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- Faculty of Healthcare, University of Miskolc, 3515 Miskolc-Egyetemváros, Hungary
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Ottiger B, Van Wegen E, Keller K, Nef T, Nyffeler T, Kwakkel G, Vanbellingen T. Getting into a "Flow" state: a systematic review of flow experience in neurological diseases. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2021; 18:65. [PMID: 33879182 PMCID: PMC8059246 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-021-00864-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Flow is a subjective psychological state that people report when they are fully involved in an activity to the point of forgetting time and their surrounding except the activity itself. Being in flow during physical/cognitive rehabilitation may have a considerable impact on functional outcome, especially when patients with neurological diseases engage in exercises using robotics, virtual/augmented reality, or serious games on tablets/computer. When developing new therapy games, measuring flow experience can indicate whether the game motivates one to train. The purpose of this study was to identify and systematically review current literature on flow experience assessed in patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Additionally, we critically appraised, compared and summarized the measurement properties of self-reported flow questionnaires used in neurorehabilitation setting. DESIGN A systematic review using PRISMA and COSMIN guidelines. METHODS MEDLINE Ovid, EMBASE Ovid, CINAHL EBSCO, SCOPUS were searched. Inclusion criteria were (1) peer-reviewed studies that (2) focused on the investigation of flow experience in (3) patients with neurological diseases (i.e., stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis and/or Parkinson's disease). A qualitative data synthesis was performed to present the measurement properties of the used flow questionnaires. RESULTS Ten studies out of 911 records met the inclusion criteria. Seven studies measured flow in the context of serious games in patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Three studies assessed flow in other activities than gaming (song-writing intervention and activities of daily living). Six different flow questionnaires were used, all of which were originally validated in healthy people. None of the studies presented psychometric data in their respective research population. CONCLUSION The present review indicates that flow experience is increasingly measured in the physical/cognitive rehabilitation setting in patients with neurological diseases. However, psychometric properties of used flow questionnaires are lacking. For exergame developers working in the field of physical/cognitive rehabilitation in patients with neurological diseases, a valid flow questionnaire can help to further optimize the content of the games so that optimal engagement can occur during the gameplay. Whether flow experiences can ultimately have positive effects on physical/cognitive parameters needs further study.
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- Beatrice Ottiger
- Neurocenter, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Spitalstrasse 31, 6000, Luzern 16, Switzerland
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurocenter, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Spitalstrasse 31, 6000, Luzern 16, Switzerland
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- ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University Bern, 3008, Bern, Switzerland
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- Neurocenter, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Spitalstrasse 31, 6000, Luzern 16, Switzerland
- ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University Bern, 3008, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Neurocenter, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Spitalstrasse 31, 6000, Luzern 16, Switzerland.
- ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University Bern, 3008, Bern, Switzerland.
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Wortha SM, Bloechle J, Ninaus M, Kiili K, Lindstedt A, Bahnmueller J, Moeller K, Klein E. Neurofunctional plasticity in fraction learning: An fMRI training study. Trends Neurosci Educ 2020; 21:100141. [PMID: 33303106 DOI: 10.1016/j.tine.2020.100141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fractions are known to be difficult for children and adults. Behavioral studies suggest that magnitude processing of fractions can be improved via number line estimation (NLE) trainings, but little is known about the neural correlates of fraction learning. METHOD To examine the neuro-cognitive foundations of fraction learning, behavioral performance and neural correlates were measured before and after a five-day NLE training. RESULTS In all evaluation tasks behavioral performance increased after training. We observed a fronto-parietal network associated with number magnitude processing to be recruited in all tasks as indicated by a numerical distance effect. For symbolic fractions, the distance effect on intraparietal activation was only observed after training. CONCLUSION The absence of a distance effect of symbolic fractions before the training could indicate an initially less automatic access to their overall magnitude. NLE training facilitates processing of overall fraction magnitude as indicated by the distance effect in neural activation.
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- Silke M Wortha
- LEAD Graduate School & Research Network, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; Department of Neurology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- LEAD Graduate School & Research Network, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Pori, Finland
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- LEAD Graduate School & Research Network, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; Centre for Mathematical Cognition, School of Science, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
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- LEAD Graduate School & Research Network, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tuebingen, Germany; Centre for Mathematical Cognition, School of Science, Loughborough University, United Kingdom; Individual Development and Adaptive Education Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tuebingen, Germany; Université de Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Huang LJ, Hu FC, Wu C, Yang YH, Lee SC, Fang YC, Huang HC, Lai KY, Yu CY. Traditional-Chinese Dispositional Flow Scale-2 and Flow State Scale-2 in Taiwanese subjects with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Psychiatry Res 2019; 274:287-293. [PMID: 30826576 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The 36-item Dispositional Flow Scale-2 (DFS-2) and Flow State Scale-2 (FSS-2) were developed to assess flow experience in daily and specific activities. Although their validity and reliability had been examined in general populations and different cultures, little is known for schizophrenic subjects. Thus, this study aimed to validate Traditional-Chinese DFS-2 (TCDFS-2) and FSS-2 (TCFSS-2) in Taiwanese subjects with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. METHODS We recruited 229 adult participants from outpatient clinics, day care centers, and psychiatric rehabilitation centers in Taipei. They filled out 36-item TCDFS-2 and TCFSS-2 under guidance. The LISREL 9.30 software was used to conduct exploratory factor analysis for exploring measurement structures, and then confirmatory factor analysis for identifying factor models. RESULTS The six first-order factor and one second-order factor measurement models were obtained for both 36-item TCDFS-2 (Chi-square statistic = 999.1, df = 545, p < 0.0001, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation [RMSEA] = 0.0603, and Comparative Fit Index [CFI] = 0.9213) and TCFSS-2 (Chi-square statistic = 987.9, df = 539, p < 0.0001, RMSEA = 0.0603, and CFI = 0.9213). CONCLUSION Our factor models differed remarkably from those of 36-item DFS-2 and FSS-2. Yet, they were barely acceptable to be used to measure flow experiences in schizophrenic subjects in clinical applications. Since the factor scores, measurement structures, or even definitions of flow experiences could differ substantially between healthy people and patients with mental illness, disease-specific instruments of flow experiences should be considered in the future.
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- Lin-Jye Huang
- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Hospital Yangming Branch, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine and School of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.); Statistical Consulting Clinic, International-Harvard Statistical Consulting Company, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Hospital Yangming Branch, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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- Occupational Therapy Department, Taipei City Hospital Songde Branch, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Hospital Yangming Branch, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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- Occupational Therapy Department, Taipei City Hospital Songde Branch, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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- Occupational Therapy Department, Taipei City Hospital Songde Branch, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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- Occupational Therapy Department, Taipei City Hospital Songde Branch, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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Katahira K, Yamazaki Y, Yamaoka C, Ozaki H, Nakagawa S, Nagata N. EEG Correlates of the Flow State: A Combination of Increased Frontal Theta and Moderate Frontocentral Alpha Rhythm in the Mental Arithmetic Task. Front Psychol 2018; 9:300. [PMID: 29593605 PMCID: PMC5855042 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Flow experience is a subjective state experienced during holistic involvement in a certain activity, which has been reported to function as a factor promoting motivation, skill development, and better performance in the activity. To verify the positive effects of flow and develop a method to utilize it, the establishment of a reliable measurement of the flow state is essential. The present study utilized an electroencephalogram (EEG) during an experimentally evoked flow state and examined the possibility of objective measurement of immediate flow. A total of 16 participants (10 males, 6 females) participated in the experiment that employed a mental arithmetic task developed in a previous study. Post-trial self-report of the flow state and EEG during task execution were measured and compared among three conditions (Boredom, Flow, and Overload) that had different levels of task difficulty. Furthermore, the correlations between subjective flow items and EEG activity were examined. As expected, the ratings on the subjective evaluation items representing the flow state were the highest in the Flow condition. Regarding the EEG data, theta activities in the frontal areas were higher in the Flow and the Overload conditions than in the Boredom condition, and alpha activity in the frontal areas and the right central area gradually increased depending on the task difficulty. These EEG activities correlated with self-reported flow experience, especially items related to the concentration on the task and task difficulty. From the results, the flow state was characterized by increased theta activities in the frontal areas and moderate alpha activities in the frontal and central areas. The former may be related to a high level of cognitive control and immersion in task, and the latter suggests that the load on the working memory was not excessive. The findings of this study suggest the possibility of distinguishing the flow state from other states using multiple EEG activities and indicate the need for other physiological indicators corresponding to the other aspects of flow experience.
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- Kenji Katahira
- School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan.,Research Center for Kansei Value Creation, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan
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- School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan.,Research Center for Kansei Value Creation, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan
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- School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan
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- School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan
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- School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan
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- School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan.,Research Center for Kansei Value Creation, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan
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Ko SM, Ji YG. How we can measure the non-driving-task engagement in automated driving: Comparing flow experience and workload. Appl Ergon 2018; 67:237-245. [PMID: 29122195 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2017.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In automated driving, a driver can completely concentrate on non-driving-related tasks (NDRTs). This study investigated the flow experience of a driver who concentrated on NDRTs and tasks that induce mental workload under conditional automation. Participants performed NDRTs under different demand levels: a balanced demand-skill level (fit condition) to induce flow, low-demand level to induce boredom, and high-demand level to induce anxiety. In addition, they performed the additional N-Back task, which artificially induces mental workload. The results showed participants had the longest reaction time when they indicated the highest flow score, and had the longest gaze-on time, road-fixation time, hands-on time, and take-over time under the fit condition. Significant differences were not observed in the driver reaction times in the fit condition and the additional N-Back task, indicating that performing NDRTs that induce a high flow experience could influence driver reaction time similar to performing tasks with a high mental workload.
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- Sang Min Ko
- Department of Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-Ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, South Korea.
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-Ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, South Korea.
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Colzato LS, Wolters G, Peifer C. Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) modulates flow experience. Exp Brain Res 2017; 236:253-257. [PMID: 29128975 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-017-5123-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Flow has been defined as a pleasant psychological state that people experience when completely absorbed in an activity. Previous correlative evidence showed that the vagal tone (as indexed by heart rate variability) is a reliable marker of flow. So far, it has not yet been demonstrated that the vagus nerve plays a causal role in flow. To explore this we used transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS), a novel non-invasive brain stimulation technique that increases activation of the locus coeruleus (LC) and norepinephrine release. A sham/placebo-controlled, randomized cross-over within-subject design was employed to infer a causal relation between the stimulated vagus nerve and flow as measured using the Flow Short-Scale in 32 healthy young volunteers. In both sessions, while being stimulated, participants had to rate their flow experience after having performed a task for 30 min. Active tVNS, compared to sham stimulation, decreased flow (as indexed by absorption scores). The results can be explained by the network reset theory, which assumes that high-phasic LC activity promotes a global reset of attention over exploitation of the current focus of attention, allowing rapid behavioral adaptation and resulting in decreased absorption scores. Furthermore, our findings corroborate the hypothesis that the vagus nerve and noradrenergic system are causally involved in flow.
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- Lorenza S Colzato
- Cognitive Psychology Unit and Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. .,Department of Cognitive Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. .,Institute for Sports and Sport Science, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany. .,Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University Institute for Psychological Research, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Unit Applied Psychology in Work, Health, and Development, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Unit Applied Psychology in Work, Health, and Development, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Background: Autotelic personality (AP) is known to have a positive effect on the quality of life. We hypothesized that inferiority feelings may be less pronounced in individuals with AP than in those with an average (AV) or a nonautotelic personality (NAP). Aims: This study aimed to compare inferiority feelings among three personality groups: An AP group, an AV group, and an NAP group. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey among 148 undergraduate students aged 18-24 undertaken in Okayama, Japan. Participants completed the Flow Experience Checklist and Inferiority Feelings Scale. Results: With the number of flow activities, participants were classified into three groups: 3+ for AP (n = 28, 18.9%), 1-2 for AV (n = 72, 48.6%), and 0 for NAP (n = 48, 32.4%). One-way analysis of variance showed significant differences among the three groups with respect to the Inferiority Feelings Scale. Multiple comparison analysis using Tukey's test showed that inferiority feelings in AP were significantly less pronounced than in the NAP group. Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that AP was lesser than NAP in association with pronounced inferiority feelings.
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- Kazuki Hirao
- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Science and Social Welfare, Kibi International University, Takahashi, Okayama, Japan
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE To determine the association of cognitive judgment and shyness with frequency and quality of flow experience. DESIGN AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey of the relationship between psychological tendency and frequency and quality of flow experience in 68 college students, undertaken in Hiroshima, Japan. The predictors were Shyness Scale scores, measure of ambiguity tolerance scores, and Life Orientation Test scores, and the outcome was the frequency and quality of flow experience. RESULTS The results of the binary logistic regression analysis indicated that only the measure of ambiguity tolerance (P = 0.02, odds ratio = 1.06, and 95% confidence interval = 1.01-1.11) was a predictor of the quality of flow experience, and only the Shyness Scale (P = 0.007, odds ratio = 0.95, and 95% confidence interval = 0.91-0.98) was a predictor of the frequency of flow experience. CONCLUSION The findings suggest that ambiguity tolerance and shyness are associated with the frequency and quality of the flow experience.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kazuki Hirao
- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Science and Social Welfare, Kibi International University, Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan
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