A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between flow states and performance
dc.contributor.author | Harris, DJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Allen, KL | |
dc.contributor.author | Vine, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson, MR | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-03T14:35:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-05-27 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-02-03T12:42:43Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Flow is an optimal experience that has received particular interest within sport because of a possible relationship with enhanced athletic performances. Yet, the strength and direction of the putative flow–performance relationship remain unclear. Consequently, a PRISMA guided systematic review was conducted in May 2020 to examine the empirical evidence for a flow–performance relationship, to examine potential mechanisms, and to assess the quality of current evidence. Peer-reviewed articles that examined the relationship between flow and performance in sport or computer gaming tasks were searched for using five online databases. The results were collated into a narrative synthesis and a meta-analysis. Twenty articles met the inclusion criteria, featuring 22 studies that were appropriate for meta-analysis. The overall quality of the studies was fairly good, with a mean quality assessment score of 76.5% (SD = 9.7). The pooled effect size (r = 0.31, 95% CI [0.24; 0.38]) indicated that across a range of sport and gaming tasks there was a medium-sized flow–performance relationship. However, current evidence is unable to determine the causal direction of this relationship or the mechanisms that mediate it. A number of conceptual and methodological challenges facing the study of flow are discussed and recommendations for future work are outlined. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 1-29 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 27 May 2021 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2021.1929402 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/128691 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-3880-3856 (Harris, David J) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-0870-7209 (Allen, Kate L) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-9329-1262 (Vine, Samuel J) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-8145-6971 (Wilson, Mark R) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://osf.io/3hfcu/ | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sport | en_GB |
dc.subject | the zone | en_GB |
dc.subject | peak performance | en_GB |
dc.subject | optimal experience | en_GB |
dc.subject | gaming | en_GB |
dc.title | A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between flow states and performance | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-03T14:35:21Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1750-984X | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability: All relevant data and code is available online from https://osf.io/3hfcu/ | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1750-9858 | |
dc.identifier.journal | International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-05-07 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2021-05-27 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-02-03T14:32:34Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-02-03T14:35:28Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2021-05-27 |
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