Enjoying the possibility of defeat: Outcome uncertainty, suspense, and intrinsic motivation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Abuhamdeh, Sami ^a   Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly ^b   Jalal, Baland ^c  

^a ISTANBUL SEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrinsic motivation; Outcome uncertainty; Perceived competence; Suspense

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027958619     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: 15736644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-014-9425-2     Document Type: Article

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