The Interface Between Core Affects and the Challenge–Skill Relationship

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 891-913

  Inkinen, Mikko ^a   Lonka, Kirsti ^a   Hakkarainen, Kai ^b   Muukkonen, Hanni ^a   Litmanen, Topi ^a   Salmela Aro, Katariina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

CASS; Challenge; Core affect; ESM; Flow; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879583834     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-013-9455-6     Document Type: Article

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