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Flow is a mental state characterized by total immersion and focus in an activity; performing it pleasurably. Such a state is considered optimal for performance. The present study analyzed the relationship between dispositional flow and performance in triathletes. The sample consisted of 328 athletes (294 males and 34 females; mean age of 37.42 ± 7.18 years) competing in the Ironman Brazil - Florianópolis - South American Championship 2017. Instruments were an identification sheet, the Dispositional Flow Scale (DFS-2) and athletes' total race times. Data were analyzed using R, through the Shapiro-Wilk normality test, Mann-Whitney's U, Spearman Correlation, and Network Analysis [Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO)], using strength, closeness, and betweenness as centrality measurements. Results show a positive correlation between age and practice time (r = 0.34), inverse relationship between practice time and total race time (r = -0.25), and inverse correlations between race time and 05 of the 09 flow dimensions (r between -0.17 and -0.11), suggesting better performances were related to more practice time and higher disposition to flow. Flow conditions, flow characteristics, individual characteristics, and performance were separately grouped in the network structure. Challenge-skill balance was the most influential node, with the highest closeness and betweenness values; challenge-skill balance, clear goals, control, and action-awareness merge directly influenced better race times. Sample's top 50 performers had significantly higher disposition to challenge-skill balance, clear goals, control and feedback. Practical implications of flow mechanisms are discussed. Dispositional flow was positively related to objective performance in Brazilian triathletes.
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Objetivou-se investigar o perfil de aptidão física relacionada à saúde de adolescentes de Florianópolis (SC). Participaram 108 adolescentes com 11,31 ± 0,54 anos, de ambos os sexos, de uma escola pública de Florianópolis (SC). Foram avaliadas a função cardiorrespiratória, força/resistência abdominal, flexibilidade e Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC). Os dados foram analisados pelo Teste Qui-quadrado (X2) ou Exato de Fisher (p < 0,05). A maioria dos adolescentes (75,7%) obteve classificação saudável na flexibilidade, com associação para o sexo feminino (p = 0,043), enquanto que na força/resistência abdominal 67,9% foram classificados na zona de risco, com tendência para meninos (p = 0,004). Na função cardiorrespiratória todos os adolescentes foram classificados na zona de risco e para o IMC a maioria foi considerada saudável. Os adolescentes de Florianópolis (SC) mostraram-se aptos nas avaliações de IMC e flexibilidade, com uma tendência de risco para meninos na flexibilidade. Para resistência abdominal e cardiorrespiratória o perfil dos adolescentes foi de risco, independente do sexo.
Physical aptitude related to adolescents´ health in Florianópolis SC Brazil is investigated. One hundred and eight adolescents, aged 11.31 ± 0.54 years, males and females, from a public school in Florianópolis SC Brazil, participated by evaluating their cardio-respiratory function, abdominal strength/resistance, flexibility and Body Mass Index (BMI). Data were analyzed by χ2 test or Fisher exact test (p<0.05). Most adolescents (75.7%) had a good classification for flexibility, associated to females (p=0.043), whereas 67.9% were classified within the risk zone in the abdominal strength/resistance, with a trend for males (p=0.004). In the case of the cardio-respiratory function, all adolescents were classified within the risk zone whereas most were healthy for MBI. Adolescents evaluated were apt for MBI and flexibility evaluation with a risk trend for males in flexibility. Adolescents´ profile for abdominal and cardio-respiratory resistance was within a risk range, regardless of gender.
