Psychometric properties of the Brazilian-Portuguese Flow State Scale Short (FSS-BR-S)

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286639
• Publication Date: 2024-02-01T18:37:23Z
• Authors: Ig Ibert Bittencourt; Leogildo Freires; Yu Lu; Geiser Chalco Cha...; Sheyla Fernandes; Jorge Coelho; Julio Costa; Yang Pian; Alexandre Marinho; Seiji Isotani
• Keywords: Factorial; Factorial analysis; Item analysis; Concurrent validity

“Flow experience” is a term used to describe the state of being fully immersed in what you are doing. The Flow State Scale (FSS-2) was developed assess how people feel when they flow while participating certain sports activities. goal this study obtain short adapted version FSS-2 for Brazilian-Portuguese language and general activities (FSS-BR-S). To do this, we translated it both ways (forwards backwards) verified that translation accurate. Methods: After getting answers from 396 Brazilian participants, performed (1) construct validity FSS-BR-S (2) psychometric item quality analysis. confirmatory factorial analysis shows model best fit data ( χ 2 = 44.36, p .023, df 27, / 1.64, CFI 0.99, TLI 0.98, RMSEA 0.04). Reliability tests done structure show (which only has nine items) good internal consistency. reveals its difficulty differentiating parameters estimating overall state. test information curve demonstrates very useful states each disposition. Discussion Conclusions: Based on these findings, can conclude demonstrated sufficient be with Brazilians.