Trans-Cultural Validation of the “Academic Flow Scale” (Flow 4D 16) in Arabic Language: Insights for Occupational and Educational Psychology From an Exploratory Study

Background: As an optimal psychological state, flow represents those moments when everything comes together for the performer. Flow is often associated with high levels of performance and is a positive psychological experience. Aim: Our study aimed to validate the “Academic Flow Scale” (Flow 4D 16)...

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Published in:	Frontiers in psychology Vol. 10; p. 2330
Main Authors:	Chalghaf, Nasr, Azaiez, Chiraz, Krakdiya, Hela, Guelmami, Noomen, Re, Tania Simona, Maldonado Briegas, Juan José, Zerbetto, Riccardo, Del Puente, Giovanni, Garbarino, Sergio, Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi, Azaiez, Fairouz
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A 15-10-2019
Subjects:	academic flow Arabic language occupational psychology Psychology students trans-cultural validation of a scale
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Summary:	Background: As an optimal psychological state, flow represents those moments when everything comes together for the performer. Flow is often associated with high levels of performance and is a positive psychological experience. Aim: Our study aimed to validate the “Academic Flow Scale” (Flow 4D 16) in Arabic language across Tunisian population, and to test its factor structure, in terms of internal consistency/reliability, predictive validity, and sensitivity. Methods: The population is composed of 320 students (139 men and 181 women) belonging to the University of Sfax, with a mean age of 22.26 years. The students voluntarily responded to the scale of academic flow (Flow 4D 16). Both exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analyses were performed. Results: The four-dimensional alpha coefficients of the Flow 4D 16 indicate an excellent internal consistency, respectively, of 0.902 (Cognitive), 0.959 (Time), 0.974 (Ego) and 0.960 (Well-being). The CFA fit indices were satisfactory. Conclusion: In summary, the 16-items model (original version) showed for all the indices an excellent fit to the theoretical model, confirming the four-dimensional factor structure among Tunisian student population.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Edited by: Paula Benevene, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Italy This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology Reviewed by: Michela Cortini, Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, Italy; Annamaria Di Sipio, University of Padova, Italy; Alessandro De Carlo, Giustino Fortunato University, Italy These authors have contributed equally to this work as co-last authors
ISSN:	1664-1078 1664-1078
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02330