Personality Correlates of Psychological Flow States in Videogame Play

Seger, Jeff; Potts, Richard

doi:10.1007/s12144-012-9134-5

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“…The results of the present study are consistent with the findings of past studies which investigated the relationship between online Flow and IGD. In two studies, gamers who reported experiencing higher Flow (immersive pleasure) were also found to spend more time playing games ( Seger & Potts, 2012 ; Lee et al, 2012 ). Clearly, the experience of online Flow is attractive to gamers.…”

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Internet gaming disorder: Feeling the flow of social games

Stavropoulos

Anderson

et al. 2019

Addictive Behaviors Reports

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Introduction Gaming Disorder (GD) was added to the recent publication of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) by the World Health Organization. This aligns with recommendations of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5), issued by the American Psychiatric Association. Accordingly, further relevant research has been invited. The interplay between preference for online social game genres, the degree of online Flow (or immersive pleasure ) experienced, and the gamer's biological gender were examined here as contributing factors of IGD. Method A normative sample of adult internet gamers was collected online ( N = 237, Age = 18–59, Males = 157; 66%; Females = 80; 34%). Participants completed the nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form (IGDS-SF9), the Online Flow Questionnaire (OFQ), and also self-reported demographics and internet/gaming behaviours. Results Mediation and moderated mediation analyses indicated that the level of online Flow experienced considerably mediated the association between the preference for social games genres and the intensity of IGD behaviours across both biological genders. Conclusions Results suggest that the level of online Flow experienced constitutes a risk factor in relation to the development of IGD. Furthermore, games which mandate social interaction with others present to be conducive to online Flow, and thus enhancing IGD risk irrespective of the biological gender of the gamer. Implications and limitations of the study are discussed.

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Internet gaming disorder: Feeling the flow of social games

Stavropoulos

Anderson

et al. 2019

Addictive Behaviors Reports

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“…The IS discipline has followed the lead of these researchers by considering flow as a measurable, objective concept that influences other empirical phenomena. Much of the research on flow in the IS discipline has focused on consumers and general technology use in contexts such as online shopping [1,22,29], adoption of mobile streaming serves [21], acceptance and use of instant messaging services [23], and video game play [42].…”

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Revisiting Technology and Flow: A Call for an Alternative Perspective and Directions for the Future

Califf¹,

Stumpf²,

Frye³

2020

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Employee engagement is critical to individual wellbeing and organizational performance. The concept of flow has been explored as a marker for such engagement. Yet, an understanding of the role technology plays in employees experiencing flow is not well understood. In this paper, we theorize an alternative viewpoint of flow and technology, which we coin "technoflow." We do so by critically examining the assumptions within existing IS/flow literature, and propose a research agenda that adopts a relational ontology so that IS researchers can identify several sociomaterial conditions and practices related to how employees experience flow. We explain how researchers can draw on technoflow through four central themes: (1) control; (2) attention; (3) curiosity; and (4) intrinsic interest. We provide guidance about how to incorporate technoflow into two contemporary IS theories: media synchronicity theory and technostress. This intervention offers promising theoretical development and knowledge applications for IS researchers and practitioners alike.

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“…Over the years, many predictors and consequences of "flow" 1 have been identified (e.g., Jackson and Roberts, 1992;Csikszentmihalyi et al, 1993;Jackson et al, 2001;Demerouti, 2006;Schüler, 2007;Stavrou et al, 2007;Engeser and Rheinberg, 2008;Fullagar and Kelloway, 2009;Nielsen and Cleal, 2010;Bakker et al, 2011;Rodríguez-Sánchez et al, 2011;Seger and Potts, 2012;Coffey et al, 2016). But what have we learned about flow itself -about the state of optimal experience -since Csikszentmihalyi introduced the concept in 1975?…”

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Investigating the “Flow” Experience: Key Conceptual and Operational Issues

Abuhamdeh

2020

Front. Psychol.

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The "flow" experience (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975) has been the focus of a large body of empirical work spanning more than four decades. Nevertheless, advancement in understanding-beyond what Csikszentmihalyi uncovered during his initial breakthrough in 1975-has been modest. In this conceptual analysis, it is argued that progress within the field has been impeded by a lack of consistency in how flow is operationalized, and that this inconsistency in part reflects an underlying confusion regarding what flow is. Flow operationalizations from papers published within the past 5 years are reviewed. Across the 42 reviewed studies, flow was operationalized in 24 distinct ways. Three specific points of inconsistency are then highlighted: (1) inconsistences in operationalizing flow as a continuous versus discrete construct, (2) inconsistencies in operationalizing flow as inherently enjoyable (i.e., "autotelic") or not, and (3) inconsistencies in operationalizing flow as dependent on versus distinct from the task characteristics proposed to elicit it (i.e., the conditions/antecedents). After tracing the origins of these discrepancies, the author argues that, in the interest of conceptual intelligibility, flow should be conceptualized and operationalized exclusively as a discrete, highly enjoyable, "optimal" state of consciousness, and that this state should be clearly distinguished from the conditions proposed to elicit it. He suggests that more mundane instances of goal-directed engagement are better conceived and operationalized as variations in task involvement rather than variations in flow. Additional ways to achieve greater conceptual and operational consistency within the field are suggested.

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Personality Correlates of Psychological Flow States in Videogame Play

Cited by 24 publications

References 52 publications

Internet gaming disorder: Feeling the flow of social games

Internet gaming disorder: Feeling the flow of social games

Revisiting Technology and Flow: A Call for an Alternative Perspective and Directions for the Future

Investigating the “Flow” Experience: Key Conceptual and Operational Issues

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