Proneness for psychological flow in everyday life: Associations with personality and intelligence

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-172

  Ullén, Fredrik ^a   de Manzano, Örjan ^a   Almeida, Rita ^a   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Nakamura, Jeanne ^b   Csíkszentmihályi, Mihály ^b   Madison, Guy ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention; Conscientiousness; Enjoyment; Expertise; Flow; Intelligence; IQ; Motivation; Neuroticism; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955167393     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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