Relationships Between Flow Experience, IKIGAI, and Sense of Coherence in Tai Chi Practitioners.
Author: Iida K, Oguma Y.
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Health Management (Mr Iida and Dr Oguma) and Sports Medicine Research Center (Dr Oguma), Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Conference/Journal: Holist Nurs Pract.
Date published: 2013 Sep-Oct
Other:
Pages: 260-7 , Word Count: 84
The purpose of this study was to examine the mental health effects of Tai chi on regular practitioners by investigating the relationships between flow experience, IKIGAI (Japanese: "Life worth living"), and sense of coherence. The results indicated that flow experience may influence IKIGAI and IKIGAI may influence sense of coherence; this suggests that IKIGAI may act as an intermediary between flow experience and sense of coherence. The results also indicated that the longer the Tai chi experience, the higher was the flow experience.
PMID: 23925345
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