Flow Short Scale (Flow-Kurzskala).

FKS / FSS

What it measures

Flow experience as 2 components (fluency of performance; absorption by activity) measured by 10 flow items, plus 3 'worry/anxiety' items about the situation.

Length and format

13 (10 flow + 3 worry). 7-pt Likert (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into EN, FR, IT, DA, CS, TR, NL and others (the authors maintain a multi-language set)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Rheinberg, F., Vollmeyer, R., & Engeser, S. (2003). Die Erfassung des Flow-Erlebens [The assessment of flow experience]. In J. Stiensmeier-Pelster & F. Rheinberg (Eds.), Diagnostik von Motivation und Selbstkonzept (pp. 261-279). Hogrefe.