Flow experience and interaction in online gaming. Comparative study of Russian and Chinese MUD players

Abstract. Flow experience (as introduced by M.Csikszentmihalyi) and patterns of\ud interactive behavior were investigated in an online surveys administered within\ud samples of Russian (N = 347) and Chinese (N = 133) online role-playing gamers.\ud Three main hypotheses were stated: (1) both Russian and Chinese MUD players\ud experience flow; (2) flow is positively correlated with interaction patterns for both\ud Russian and Chinese samples of MUD players; (3) patterns of flow experience\ud and interaction patterns characteristic for the Russian and the Chinese samples of\ud MUD players differ. All the hypotheses proved to be true. The following methods\ud of data analysis were used: comparative demography, path analysis, explorative\ud and confirmatory factor analyses. The paper presents the full results of the study\ud and justification of the hypotheses.\ud \ud <br />\ud <br />\ud \ud Résumé. L’expérience optimale (le ‘flow’, tel que l’introduit M.Csikszentmihalyi)\ud et les schémas interactifs de comportement ont fait l’objet d’une investigation\ud dans des études en ligne auprès d’un public engagé dans des jeux de rôle : Russe\ud (N=347) et Chinois (N = 133). On avance les hypothèses principales : (1) les\ud joueurs russes comme les chinois vivent une expérience optimale (2) le ‘flow’ est\ud corrélé positivement avec les schémas d’interaction pour les joueurs russes et\ud chinois (3) il y a des différences entre les Russes et les Chinois pour les schémas\ud de l’expérience optimale et les caractéristiques des interactions. Toutes les\ud hypothèses se sont avérées exactes. Nous avons utilisé les méthodes d’analyse\ud suivantes : comparaison démographique, analyse des choix opérés, analyse des\ud facteurs pour l’exploration et la confirmation. Cet article présente les résultats de\ud ces travaux et justifie les hypothèses

The relationship between dark triad personality traits and sexting behaviors among adolescents and young adults across 11 countries

Background: Sexting is an increasingly common phenomenon among adolescents and young adults. Some studies have investigated the role of personality traits in different sexting behaviors within mainstream personality taxonomies like Big Five and HEXACO. However, very few studies have investigated the role of maladaptive personality factors in sexting. Therefore, the present study investigated the relationship between Dark Triad Personality Traits and experimental (i.e., sharing own sexts), risky (i.e., sexting under substance use and with strangers), and aggravated sexting (i.e., non-consensual sexting and sexting under pressure) across 11 countries. Methods: An online survey was completed by 6093 participants (Mage = 20.35; SDage = 3.63) from 11 different countries which covered four continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, and America). Participants completed the Sexting Behaviors Questionnaire and the 12-item Dark Triad Dirty Dozen scale. Results: Hierarchical regression analyses showed that sharing own sexts was positively predicted by Machiavellianism and Narcissism. Both risky and aggravated sexting were positively predicted by Machiavellianism and Psychopathy. Conclusions: The present study provided empirical evidence that different sexting behaviors were predicted by Dark Triad Personality Traits, showing a relevant role of Machiavellian-ism in all kinds of investigated sexting behaviors. Research, clinical, and education implications for prevention programs are discussed

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The role of HEXACO personality traits in different kinds of sexting: a cross-cultural study in 10 countries

Sexting has been defined as sharing sexually suggestive content (i.e., sexts) via Internet or smartphone. To date, only a few studies investigated the role of personality traits in relation to sending or receiving sexts, and most of them used the Five Factor Model of Personality. No studies applied the theoretical model of HEXACO six personality traits (i.e., honesty-humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) when examining different types of sexting (i.e., sending own sexts, risky sexting, sharing sexts from someone else without his/her permission, sexting under pressure). Thus, this is the first study that, using a cross-cultural perspective, investigated HEXACO personality predictors of sexting behaviors considered as a multidimensional construct. A total of 5542 participants from 13 to 30 years old (Mage = 20.36; SDage = 3.67; 60.4% girls and 39.6% boys) from 10 different countries participated in the study. Participants completed the sexting behaviors questionnaire and the HEXACO personality inventory. Four hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to investigate which HEXACO personality traits predicted different sexting behaviors, controlling for country, biological sex, age, sexual identity status, and dating relationship status. Results showed that honesty-humility and conscientiousness were negatively predictive of all investigated sexting behaviors. Emotionality and extraversion were positively related, and agreeableness was negatively related to sending own sexts and risky sexting. Finally, openness to experience was negatively related to sharing sexts from someone else without his/her consent and sexting under pressure. Results have implications for the development and implementation of sexual education and prevention programs aimed towards adolescents and young adults

Intrinsic Motivation and Flow in Skateboarding: An Ethnographic Study

Flow, Intrinsic motivation, Motivation, Engagement, Sport, Skateboarding, Well-being,

Leisure, optimal experience and psychological selection : cultural and developmental perspectives

The scientific literature on leisure has proposed different approaches to classify free time activities. However, there is a substantial convergence among authors in distinguishing between two broad typologies of leisure. The first typology refers to activities characterized by clear structure and rules, fostering engagement, fulfillment, and long-term commitment. It includes active leisure activities as defined by Csikszentmihalyi (Flow. The psychology of optimal experience. Harper & Row, New York, 1990); structured activities promoting concentration and effort toward goal achievement, as identified by Kleiber and his colleagues (J Leisure Res 18:169-176, 1986); and serious leisure activities (Stebbins RA, New directions in the theory and research of serious leisure. The Edwin Mellen, Lewiston, 2001; Serious leisure: A perspective for our time. Transaction Publishers, London, 2007) that foster participants' long-term acquisition of special skills, knowledge, and experience. The second typology of leisure comprises activities requiring low energy investment and promoting relaxation (Csikszentmihalyi M, Flow. The psychology of optimal experience. Harper & Row, New York, 1990), unstructured tasks that provide pleasure and fun without high demands (Kubey R, Csikszentmihalyi M, Television and the quality of life: How viewing shapes everyday experience. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, 1990; Larson, RW, Kleiber D, Daily experience of adolescents. In: Tolan P, Cohler B (eds) Handbook of clinical research and practice with adolescents. Wiley, New York, pp 125-145, 1993), and casual leisure activities, immediately enjoyable and rewarding, relatively short-lived, and requiring little or no specialist training (Stebbins RA, Serious leisure: A perspective for our time