Crafting Flow: The Role of Acting Extraverted, Conscientious, and Emotionally Stable

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate experimentally how flow, as a state, is influenced by inducing behaviors specific to conscientiousness, extraversion, and emotional stability in daily activities for ten days. Informed by prior research, an intervention was developed, requiring participants to adopt behaviors associated with these three dimensions. The methodology used was to randomize participants into two groups, one group benefiting from intervention and the other being a control group. Initial measurements were taken using a dispositional flow scale and a personality inventory. Subsequently, a flow state scale was applied on the 4th, 7th, and 10th days. The main findings indicated a significant increase in the flow of experience and subjective happiness for the experimental group compared to the control group. The study's conclusions suggest that it is possible to act more extraverted, conscientious, and emotionally stable in daily life, and doing so can potentially lead to an enhancement in the flow state. We discussed the practical implications in organizations.