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Dionísia Tavares1, Teresa Freire1, Susana Faria1
1University of Minho.
Abstract:
This study investigated how the internal psychological states (i.e., challenge-skill perception, positive and negative affect, and effortless attention) and contextual features (i.e., activity and company) of momentary experiences relate to optimal experience in adolescents' lives. Data were collected from 245 Portuguese adolescents (14-19 years old, 63% female) by using the experience sampling method. Multilevel modeling revealed that challenge-skill and positive affect were positively associated with optimal experience, while negative affect was negatively associated with optimal experience. Effortless attention mediated the associations between internal states and optimal experience, while activity and company only moderated some of these associations. These findings will inform practitioners about the factors that should be addressed in interventions with adolescents to promote optimal experiences in their lives.
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