A daily diary study of dynamic relationship between flow experience and positive affect in college students
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2025.10.13
- VernacularTitle:大学生沉浸体验与正性情绪动态关系的日记法研究
- Author:
Jinying XIE
1
;
Jingqian WANG
1
;
Liling YU
1
Author Information
1. 首都医科大学医学人文学院,北京 100069
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
positive affect;
flow experience;
daily diary method;
dynamic structural equation model(DSEM)
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2025;39(10):917-921
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relationship between positive affect and flow experience in college students.Methods:A total of 193 college students participated in a 14-day diary study.Positive affect and flow ex-perience were assessed daily using the Positive Affect Scale and Short Flow State Scale(SFSS).Dynamic struc-tural equation modeling(DSEM)was used for analysis.Results:At the within-person level,the positive affect scores were positively correlated with the SFSS scores(r=0.50,P＜0.001).At the between-person level,the positive affect scores were positively correlated with the SFSS scores(r=0.47,P＜0.001).The two-level DSEM analysis showed that the flow experience of the previous day positively predicted positive affect on the next day(γ=0.12,95％CI:0.06-0.18),while positive affect on the previous day did not predict flow experience on the next day(γ=0.00,95％CI:-0.06-0.06).Conclusion:In this study,daily flow experience in col-lege students positively predicts subsequent positive affect,but daily positive affect does not significantly predict subsequent flow experience.
