Dispositional Flow State among Open Skill Athletes: A Predictor and Quantification of Sport Performance

Authors : Davinder SINGH, Dalwinder SINGH, Gaurav DUREJA

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Publication Date : 2018-03-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The present study was aimed to identify the role of Dispositional Flow Scale-2 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DFS-2); among open skill athletes. In order to achieve the objective of the study, Sixty insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(N=60); male university level open skill athletes of 19 to 25 years of age were selected to act as a subject. A prior consent was sought from all the subjects after being informed about the objective and protocol of a study. The sixty insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(N=60); subjects were segregated into three groups i.e. N 1 = 20 Basketball, N 2 =20 Handball, N 3 =20 Football. To measure the level of Flow of the subjects, the Dispositional Flow Scale-2 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DFS-2); Questionnaire constructed by Jackson and Eklund insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2004); was administered. One way Analysis of Variance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ANOVA); was employed to compare various sports groups i.e. open skill athletes. Where ‘F’ values were found significant, LSD insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Least Significant Difference); Post-hoc test was applied to find out the direction and degree of differences. For testing the hypothesis, the level of significance was set at 0.05. Significant differences were found among various sport groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(basketball, handball, and football); on the sub-variables of DFS-2 i.e. unambiguous feedback, sense of control, loss of self-consciousness and overall dispositional flow scale-2. However, no significant differences were found on the sub-variables of DFS-2 i.e. challenge-skill balance, action-awareness merging, clear goals, concentration on the task at hand, transformation of time and autotelic experience. 
Keywords : Dispositional Flow Scale 2 DFS 2, , Open Skill Athletes, Performance