Flow experience, attentional control, and emotion regulation: contributions for a positive development in adolescents

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Autor(a) principal: Tavares,Dionísia
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Freire,Teresa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: Research has shown that optimal experiences lead to positive development outcomes. Adolescence is a critical period for the engagement in daily optimal experiences, namely, flow experience, since it is a period of experimentation and definition of interests. Adolescents are more willing to attend new challenges and develop new skills, finding more opportunities within contexts to develop engaged and happy lives. In this article, we review the major findings of the impact of flow experience in adolescents’ lives and positive development, and the individual and contextual factors associated with this psychological state of consciousness. We specifically relate attentional control and emotion regulation concepts to flow experience. We discuss the possible link between flow and these self-regulation abilities and its potential for positive adolescent development. Finally, we make some conclusions and suggest new lines for future research concerning predictors of flow experience within a social and ecological framework.
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title Flow experience, attentional control, and emotion regulation: contributions for a positive development in adolescents
spellingShingle Flow experience, attentional control, and emotion regulation: contributions for a positive development in adolescents
Tavares,Dionísia
Flow experience
Attentional Control
Emotion Regulation
Adolescents
Positive Development
title_short Flow experience, attentional control, and emotion regulation: contributions for a positive development in adolescents
title_full Flow experience, attentional control, and emotion regulation: contributions for a positive development in adolescents
title_fullStr Flow experience, attentional control, and emotion regulation: contributions for a positive development in adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Flow experience, attentional control, and emotion regulation: contributions for a positive development in adolescents
title_sort Flow experience, attentional control, and emotion regulation: contributions for a positive development in adolescents
author Tavares,Dionísia
author_facet Tavares,Dionísia
Freire,Teresa
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author2 Freire,Teresa
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Tavares,Dionísia
Freire,Teresa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Flow experience
Attentional Control
Emotion Regulation
Adolescents
Positive Development
topic Flow experience
Attentional Control
Emotion Regulation
Adolescents
Positive Development
description Research has shown that optimal experiences lead to positive development outcomes. Adolescence is a critical period for the engagement in daily optimal experiences, namely, flow experience, since it is a period of experimentation and definition of interests. Adolescents are more willing to attend new challenges and develop new skills, finding more opportunities within contexts to develop engaged and happy lives. In this article, we review the major findings of the impact of flow experience in adolescents’ lives and positive development, and the individual and contextual factors associated with this psychological state of consciousness. We specifically relate attentional control and emotion regulation concepts to flow experience. We discuss the possible link between flow and these self-regulation abilities and its potential for positive adolescent development. Finally, we make some conclusions and suggest new lines for future research concerning predictors of flow experience within a social and ecological framework.
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