1999/06/01 by John Kowal, Michelle S. Fortier, Michelle Fortier · 3 citations
Psychology · #Flow Experience in Various Fields #Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports #Sport Psychology and Performance
paper · doi:10.1080/00224549909598391
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The study examined the relationships between different types of situational motivation and flow and situational motivational determinants (perceptions of autonomy, competence, and relatedness) and the experience of flow. Immediately following a swim practice, 203 Canadian master's-level swimmers completed a questionnaire that assessed different variables. Results indicated that situational self-determined forms of motivation (intrinsic motivation and self-determined extrinsic motivation) and perceptions of autonomy, competence, and relatedness were positively related to flow, whereas amotivation was negatively related to flow.