Alone but flowing: The effects of autotelic personality and extraversion on solitary flow.

IF 5 1区 心理学 Q1 Psychology
Dwight C K Tse, Ayodele Joseph, Kate Sweeny
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Abstract

Objective/background: Flow, a psychological state of intense engagement in and enjoyment of an activity, can arise during both solitary and socially interactive experiences. In the literature, whereas people high in extraversion have difficulty achieving flow in solitude, those with an autotelic personality-a combination of traits that make people prone to flow-readily experience flow in both solitary and interactive conditions. In this pre-registered experiment, we investigated whether autotelic personality mitigates the negative association between solitary flow and extraversion.

Method: Participants and their romantic partners (final N = 368) played the game Perfection™ in three conditions (order was counterbalanced): alone (solitary condition), in the presence of their partner without interaction (mere-presence condition), and collaboratively (interactive condition).

Results: There were independent, positive main effects of extraversion and autotelic personality on flow experience in mere-presence and interactive conditions. However, the positive effect of extraversion on solitary flow was only significant among participants with high (vs. low) autotelic personality. In all conditions, flow experience was associated with greater low-arousal positive affect and lesser high-arousal negative affect.

Conclusions: The findings shed light on the role of personality in promoting solitary flow experiences, and particularly how traits might interact to determine optimal and non-optimal conditions for achieving flow.

独来独往自律型人格和外向性对独处流动的影响。
目的/背景:流动是一种强烈投入并享受某种活动的心理状态,既可在独处时产生,也可在社交互动时产生。在文献中,外向性高的人在独处时很难获得流动感,而那些具有自律型人格的人--一种使人容易产生流动感的特质组合--在独处和互动的条件下都很容易体验到流动感。在这项预先登记的实验中,我们研究了自恋型人格是否能减轻独处流动与外向性之间的负相关:方法:参与者和他们的恋爱伴侣(最终人数= 368)在三种条件下玩《完美™》游戏(顺序是平衡的):独处(独处条件)、伴侣在场但无互动(仅在场条件)和合作(互动条件):结果:在单纯在场和互动条件下,外向型人格和自律型人格对流动体验有独立的正向主效应。然而,外向性对独处流动的积极影响仅在高自恋型人格(与低自恋型人格)的参与者中显著。在所有条件下,流动体验都与较高的低唤醒积极情感和较低的高唤醒消极情感相关:研究结果揭示了人格在促进独处流动体验中的作用,特别是人格特质如何相互作用,以确定实现流动的最佳和非最佳条件。
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Journal of Personality
Journal of Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
CiteScore
9.60
自引率
6.00%
发文量
100
期刊介绍: Journal of Personality publishes scientific investigations in the field of personality. It focuses particularly on personality and behavior dynamics, personality development, and individual differences in the cognitive, affective, and interpersonal domains. The journal reflects and stimulates interest in the growth of new theoretical and methodological approaches in personality psychology.
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