2012
DOI: 10.3928/15394492-20111222-01
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The Flow Experiences of People with Chronic Pain

Abstract: This electronic momentary assessment study explored the relationship between flow and pain intensity and examined whether flow is an optimal experience for people with chronic pain. Adults with chronic pain (n = 30) were signaled randomly seven times daily during 1 week to respond to a flow questionnaire via personal digital assistant. The participants responded to 718 questionnaires from 1,447 beeps (response rate = 49.6%). Results indicated that participants were most commonly at home, doing self-care activi… Show more

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“…Five of the included studies utilized experience sampling methodology (Bassi & Delle Fave, 2012;Ceja & Navarro, 2011;Csikszentmihalyi & Fevre, 1989;Lovoll & Vitterso, 2012;Robinson, Kennedy, & Harmon, 2012). The included studies widely varied in the number of momentary assessments: 5985 assessments (Bassi & Delle Fave, 2012); 698 assessments (Ceja & Navarro, 2011); 3432 assessments (Csikszentmihalyi & Fevre, 1989); 698 assessments in Study 1 and 260 assessments in Study 2 (Lovoll & Vitterso, 2012); 349 assessments (Robinson et al, 2012). There were also no significant outliers among the correlations, so all were retained for analysis as reported.…”
Section: Overall Findingsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Five of the included studies utilized experience sampling methodology (Bassi & Delle Fave, 2012;Ceja & Navarro, 2011;Csikszentmihalyi & Fevre, 1989;Lovoll & Vitterso, 2012;Robinson, Kennedy, & Harmon, 2012). The included studies widely varied in the number of momentary assessments: 5985 assessments (Bassi & Delle Fave, 2012); 698 assessments (Ceja & Navarro, 2011); 3432 assessments (Csikszentmihalyi & Fevre, 1989); 698 assessments in Study 1 and 260 assessments in Study 2 (Lovoll & Vitterso, 2012); 349 assessments (Robinson et al, 2012). There were also no significant outliers among the correlations, so all were retained for analysis as reported.…”
Section: Overall Findingsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…23 Motivation to pursue pleasurable experiences was found to be reduced when pain is present 24 and flow experiences (i.e., a state of complete engagement and absorption in an activity) may have the potential to modulate pain experiences. 25 In individuals with physical disabilities, meaning/purpose in life was found to mediate the effects of perceived loss of physical resources and locus of control on psychologic well-being and adjustment to disability. 26,27 Thus, despite preliminary findings and theory, the hypothesized influence of happiness on key painrelated outcomes has not yet been tested.…”
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“…The identified studies show four main subtopics, i.e., (1) affect, (2) wellbeing, (3) enjoyment, and (4) emotional contagion. Studies investigated relationships of the emotional concepts with several components of flow, in particular with challenge-skill balance ( Delespaul et al, 2004 ; Delle Fave and Massimini, 2005 ; Sugiyama and Inomata, 2005 ; Schweinle et al, 2008 ; Tramonte and Willms, 2010 ; Robinson et al, 2012 ; Panadero et al, 2014 ; Sartori and Delle Fave, 2014 ). In general, these studies showed that high challenge-skill balance is associated with higher positive emotional states (e.g., activation, excitement, positive affect).…”
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confidence: 99%