Ricerc@Sapienza

A growing number of studies suggest that flow experience is associated with life satisfaction,
eudaimonic well-being, and the perceived strength of one’s social and place identity. However, little
research has placed emphasis on flow and its relations with negative experiences such as anxiety.
The current study investigated the relations between flow and anxiety by considering the roles of
self-esteem and academic self-ecacy. The study sample included 590 Chinese university students,

A limited number of studies has found that Prosocial Behavior (PB; i.e. voluntary actions aimed to benefit others, like helping, consoling, donating; Eisenberg, et al., 2006) was associated with academic achievement across adolescence (e.g., Gerbino et al., 2018; Wentzel, 1993). It was hypothesized that prosocial adolescents may be more motivated and engaged with school, because they experience a supportive and accepting environment (e.g., Jennings & Greenberg 2009).