The Effect Of Athletes' Mindfulness And Deliberate Spontaneous Mind Wandering States On Flow Experience

Abstract

It is very important for the performance of the athletes to stay in the present moment. Participants can get away from distractions and be aware of the present moment by well- planned mindfulness practices. Being aware of the present moment can also remove mind clutter. One of the biggest causes of mind clutter is mind wandering. A wandering mind can take focus from the present moment to past memories or future dreams. With the emergence of this situation, the flow experience can be lost. This study was conducted to reveal the relationship between mindfulness level and flow experience and to determine whether mind wandering has a mediating role in this relationship. The study was conducted by a group of licensed athletes who attend to university education in the field of sports sciences. As a result of the data obtained from the study, a positive relationship emerged between mindfulness and flow experience. It was determined that deliberate mind wandering played a mediating role between conscious awareness and flow experience, but it was seen that spontaneous mind wandering did not have any mediating role. deliberate mind wandering greatly reduces the positive effect between mindfulness and flow experience. In addition, a negative relationship was found between mindfulness and deliberate mind wandering and spontaneous mind wandering. As conscious awareness increases, mind wandering decreases. In the flow experience, spontaneous mind wandering has no effect, while delibarete mind wandering has a significant reducing effect.

Keywords

• Mindfulness
• mind wandering
• flow experiences
• athlete

Sporcularda Bilinçli Farkındalık ve Zihnin İstemli-İstemsiz Gezinme Durumlarının Akış Deneyimine Etkisi

Abstract

Sporcuların, mevcut anda kalmaları performansları açısından çok önemlidir. Doğru planlanmış bilinçli farkındalık uygulamaları sayesinde katılımcılar dikkat dağıtıcı unsurlardan uzaklaşıp ve şimdiki anın farkında olabilir. Şimdiki anın farkında olmak da zihin dağınıklığını ortadan kaldırabilir. Zihin dağınıklığına yol açan en büyük sebeplerden bir tanesi de zihin gezinmesidir. Gezinen bir zihin, odağı mevcut andan alıp geçmişteki anılara veya gelecekteki hayallere götürebilir. Bu durumun ortaya çıkmasıyla da akış deneyimi kaybolabilir. Bu çalışmada bilinçli farkındalık düzeyinin, akış deneyimiyle ilişkisini ortaya koymak ve zihin gezinmesinin bu ilişkide bir aracı rolünün olup olmadığını belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı. Çalışma, spor bilimleri alanında üniversite eğitimine devam eden bir grup lisanslı sporcu üzerine yapılmıştır. Çalışmadan elde edilenler sonucunda, bilinçli farkındalık ile akış deneyimi arasında pozitif yönlü bir ilişki ortaya çıkmıştır. Bilinçli farkındalık ve akış deneyimi arasında istemli zihin gezinmesinin aracı rol oynadığı tespit edilmiş, ancak istemsiz zihin gezinmesinin herhangi bir aracılık rolünün olmadığı görülmüştür. İstemli zihin gezinmesi bilinçli farkındalık ile akış deneyimi arasındaki pozitif etkiyi büyük oranda düşürmektedir. Ayrıca bilinçli farkındalık ile istemli zihin gezinmesi ve istemsiz zihin gezinmesi arasında negatif yönlü bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Bilinçli farkındalık arttıkça zihin gezinmesi azalmaktadır. Akış deneyiminde, istemsiz zihin gezinmesinin herhangi bir etkisi yokken, istemli zihin gezinmesinin ise manidar düzeyde azaltıcı bir etkisi vardır.

Keywords

• Bilinçli Farkındalık
• zihin gezinmesi
• akış deneyimi
• sporcu

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