Reply to this thread please Simply put, flow is a person\'s overall satisfaction
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Reply to this thread please Simply put, flow is a person's overall satisfaction with their current position in life. More specifically, the flow we are looking at persons overall satisfaction and wellbeing as it relates to their physical activity level. In the 197o's- when the study of flow first began Mihaly Csikszentmihaly described flow as an athletes ability to "get into the zone." Of course, there is more to flow than just one's ability to focus, it also relies heavily on one's enjoyment. The measurement's of ones flow involves nine different components: challenge-skills balance, merging of action awareness, clear goals, feedback, concentration, sense of control, loss of self-consciousness transformation of time, and autotelic experience. When measuring flow, its obvious that measuring it's components isn't easy. Early research into the subject -known as the Experience Sampling Method - was based solely on interviews that were designed to measure the specific aspects of flow that athletes experienced when participating in their respective physical activities. These interviews neglected the differences between it's participants culture and the activity being preformed. The ESM method of researching flo proved to be a valuable tool when comparing psychological experiences between larger groups of people. This study method eventually led to a standardized measure of flow, the Flow State Scale (FSS). The ESM method of studying flow was at first a valid way of researching the subject, however, in the 2000s people realized that not accounting for athletes background, culture, and specifie activity could potentially lead to discrepancies. For example, those who participate in a heavily physical sport such as football or rugby-may define their flow in a different way than someone who plays a sport such as bowling or golf. This doesn't mean that a football player's flow is better than that of a golfer, it simply means that they experience this focus and enjoyment in a different way By changingg the measurement system for flow, researchers would be able to achieve more concrete answers. The way athletes experience flow is an intriguing topic, but to me what is even more interesting is how the flow of those who participate in little to no physical activity per day compares to that of an athletes, or how an athletes flow compares to that of a musician or artist. Can a non athletic person experience this type of flow that a collegiate athlete experiences? If they do would you even be able to measure it, or uld their differences be too vast such that the flow of these groups wouldn't even be on the same playing filed? I would like to know if just because I partake in a college sport is my overall satisfaction and attitude toward life more positive than that of some of my friends who play in the band, do musical theater, or those who don't participate in any extracurricular activity at all? And if so, h would we change thaExplanation / Answer
Anything that's done with atmost attention and care will yield a better result. This is true for any activity, playing a sport, playing a musical instrument, dancing, drawing etc. They all bring both physical and mental wellness because they are connected to each other. Only a sound body can house a sound mind and only a sound mind can cultivate a sound body.
If flow is completing the task one undertakes then anyone who does a task is getting to the zone by successfully completing the task. Everyone who is involved actively in an activity don't do it only for the sake of doing it but enjoy doing it. They all have a plan, they all focus, they have a sense of control and the skills to take-up the challenging task.
The difference may be with people who are idle with no activities because an idle mind is the house of a devil and an inactive physical body is prone to decay. So, it's true that people who are active physically and mentally maintain very good mental and physical health.