Technoflow among Spanish and Swedish students: A confirmatory factor multigroup analysis;Título: Tecnoflow en estudiantes Españoles y Suecos: Un Análisis factorial confirmatorio con análisis multigrupo

Anales de Psicologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-48

  Sánchez, Alma María Rodríguez ^a   Gallego, Eva Cifre ^a   Soria, Marisa Salanova ^a   Åborg, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; Optimal experience; Positive psychology; Technoflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956245968     PISSN: 02129728     EISSN: 16952294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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