Study Csikszentmihalyi & Hunter (2003): study US 1998
- Public:
- Teenagers, USA, 199?
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 828
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
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Experience sampling
minimal 15 observations in one week
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Flow conditions
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Two variabeles are used for assessing the activity's conditions for flow experiences:
1: the amount to which they found the current activity challenging (a 1-9 scale, where 1 is the lowest and 9 the highest value)
2: the student's level of skill in the activity (using the same 1-9 scheme)
A: flow: above the mean level of challenge and the mean level of skills
B: relaxation: above the mean of skills but below mean challenge
C: anxiety: high challenges and low skills
D: apathy: low challenges and low skills
Observed Relation with Happiness
Beta's controlled for
- age
- gender
- SES