Flow, performance and moderators of challenge-skill balance

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 158-172

  Engeser, Stefan ^a   Rheinberg, Falko ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement motive; Balance; Challenge; Flow; Instrumentality; Performance; Skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649107996     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-008-9102-4     Document Type: Article

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