Who are likely to experience flow? Impact of temperament and character on flow

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 863-868

  Teng, Ching I ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Character; Flow; Likelihood; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951669918     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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