The Flow State Scale-2 and Dispositional Flow Scale-2: Examination of factorial validity and reliability for Japanese adults

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-485

  Kawabata, Masato ^a   Mallett, Clifford J ^a   Jackson, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow research; Mean and covariance structure; Multidimensional instruments; Scale adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549109802     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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