Abstract
Emotional intelligence predicts individual differences in proneness for flow among musicians: the role of control and distributed attention.
Highlights
Flow has been studied for more than 30 years, little is known about why some people are more prone to attain flow states than others, and Marin and Bhattacharya (2013) are the first to address this issue in the field of music performance
They investigated the relationship between several factors, ranging from personality traits to amount of daily practice and age of first piano lessons, and the frequency and intensity with which pianists experienced flow states
Emotion is not a chief component of Csikszentmihalyi’s multidimensional concept of flow, Marin and Bhattacharya surmised that the affective tone of a musical piece, as well as performers’ emotional intelligence, might play an important role in flow in music performance
Summary
A commentary on Getting into the musical zone: trait emotional intelligence and amount of practice predict flow in pianists by Marin, M. Flow has been studied for more than 30 years, little is known about why some people are more prone to attain flow states than others ( known as “autotelic personalities”), and Marin and Bhattacharya (2013) are the first to address this issue in the field of music performance.
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