The purpose of this study was to understand flow experience through dance-sports class participation of university students and specifically described pleasure, satisfaction, flow process which appeared in this experience and analyzed this meaning bas...
The purpose of this study was to understand flow experience through dance-sports class participation of university students and specifically described pleasure, satisfaction, flow process which appeared in this experience and analyzed this meaning based on phenomenology. The participants were composed of eight university students through network selection strategy out of snowballing. Also, data were collected through narrative observation, in-depth interview, focus group interview. Data analysis method used an interpretational analysis which progressed in order such as transcription, categorization, coding. An interpretational analysis of the data indicated that flow experience revealed four categories ; fun and pleasure through self-purposeful experience, being one with partner, being flowed dance and music, integration between behavior and cognition. The results can be summarized as follow using above method. Firstly, flow experience through dance-sports was accomplished by interaction among physical activity, skill acquisition, mental emotion. Secondly, participants formed complex self through flow experience of dance-sports.