Flow Experience, Culture, and Well-being: How Do Autoelic Japanese College Students Feel, Behave, and Think in Their Daily Lives?

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This study attempted to show how autotelic people who live in anon-Western culture feel, behave, and think in their daily lives. Using a sample of 315 Japanesecollege students, a series of correlation analyses were conducted between the frequency of flowexperience as an indicator of autotelic personality and a broad range of well-being measures. Adistribution analysis revealed that on average Japanese college students experienced flow more thana "few times a year," but less than "once a month". In the examination of relations between flowand well-being measures, autotelic Japanese college students, or those who experienced flow moreoften in their daily lives, were more likely to show higher self-esteem and lower anxiety, use activecoping strategies more often and use passive coping strategies less often, as compared to their lessautotelic counterparts. They were more likely to report active commitments to college life, searchfor future career, and daily activities in general. They also reported more Jujitsu-kan, a Japanesesense of fulfillment, and greater satisfaction with their lives. Implications of these findings arediscussed in terms of what experiencing flow means and what effects flow potentially has forcollege students in a non-Western culture.
Springer Netherlandsの論文
2009-01-05