TITLE:
Validation of the Flow Scale Related to Physical Education in Arabic Language
AUTHORS:
Mouna Abbassi, Walid Abbassi, Fabien Fenouillet, Abdelmajid Naceur
KEYWORDS:
Flow, Sport and Physical Education, Questionnaire
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.11 No.2,
May
14,
2021
ABSTRACT: Objective: Develop and test psychometric properties of the academic flow instrument in physical education. Methods: A total of 654 retained participants aged between 10 and 18 completed the four-dimensional Physical Education Flow Questionnaire (PHFLOW) (134 in the exploratory phase and 520 in the confirmatory phase). The participants in the first exploratory study were female (n = 69) and male (n = 65) attending primary school (n = 32.84%), college (40.30%) and secondary school (26.87% studies). The 520 have a mean age of 14.13 ± 2.61 years. Male students presented 52.7% of the participants (mean age 14.20; SD = 2.60), whereas 47.53% were female (mean age 14.03; SD = 2.63). The percentages of students are respectively: 33.1% (n = 172), 36.3% (n = 189) and 30.6% (n = 159) for primary, college and secondary. Results: The result of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, as well as the analysis of reliability through the internal consistency index proved the robustness of the measurement instrument. The concurrent validity of the instrument was satisfactory, on the one hand by a significant negative relationship between autotelic experience and PANAS negative affect, and on the other hand by a significant positive relationship between autotelic experience and PANAS positive affect. Conclusion: The PH-Flow scale can administer to assess academic flow in physical education.