Abstract
ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Dispositional Flow Scale-2 (DFS-2), for use with Italian adults, young adults and adolescents.MethodIn accordance with the guidelines for test adaptation, the scale has been translated with the method of back translation. The understanding of the item has been checked according to the latest standards on the culturally sensitive translation. The scale thus produced was administered to 843 individuals (of which 60.69% female), between the ages of 15 and 74. The sample is balanced between workers and students. The main activities defined by the subjects allow the sample to be divided into three categories: students, workers, athletes (professionals and semi-professionals).ResultsThe confirmatory factor analysis, conducted using the Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLM), showed acceptable fit indexes. Reliability and validity have been verified, and structural invariance has been verified on 6 categories of Flow experience and for 3 subsamples with different with different fields of action. Correlational analysis shows significant high values between the nine dimensions.ConclusionsOur data confirmed the validity and reliability of the Italian DFS-2 in measuring Flow experiences. The scale is reliable for use with Italian adults, young adults and adolescents. The Italian version of the scale is suitable for the evaluation of the subjective tendency to experience Flow trait characteristic in different contest, as sport, study and work.
Highlights
The flow of consciousness is a universal experience, which can be understood and experienced in various social and cultural contexts and can be considered to be trans-generational [1] [2] and trans-cultural [3]
Reliability and validity have been verified, and structural invariance has been verified on 6 categories of Flow experience and for 3 subsamples with different with different fields of action
The scale is reliable for use with Italian adults, young adults and adolescents
Summary
The flow of consciousness is a universal experience, which can be understood and experienced in various social and cultural contexts and can be considered to be trans-generational [1] [2] and trans-cultural [3]. Given that by constantly repeating an activity with maximum commitment, the individual acquires greater expertise in that field, the subject needs to search for opportunities of action that become increasingly more complex, so that he can continue to find a state of flow within the same activity. In this sense, by promoting this process of psychological selection [9], the state of flow favors individual development [10] [11]. Starting from the characteristics identified, the autotelic person is able to look for other activities that have the same characteristics, in order to find more occasion in which experiencing flow and to maximize the opportunities to find satisfaction in life [8]
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