Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological correlates and flow in tennis competition. Using a cross-sectional design, the sample of 261 junior tennis athletes showed moderate-to-strong correlations between flow (dispositional and state) and confidence (r disp = .59; r state = .35), imagery use (r disp = .58; r state = .32), and action control (r disp = .41; r state = .40), whereas absorption was orthogonal to flow. Commonality analysis revealed that imagery and confidence accounted for 34.2% of the variance in dispositional flow. The results are discussed for the development of intervention studies in order to enhance flow in competition.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 354-369 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Sport Psychology |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 15 Oct 2012 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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Koehn, S., Morris, T., & Watt, A. P. (2013). Correlates of dispositional and state flow in tennis competition. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 25(3), 354-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2012.737403