Dispositional Flow Scale-2 / Flow State Scale-2.
DFS-2 / FSS-2
Flow (optimal experience) across Csikszentmihalyi's 9 dimensions - Challenge-Skill Balance, Action-Awareness Merging, Clear Goals, Unambiguous Feedback, Total Concentration, Sense of Control, Loss of Self-Consciousness, Transformation of Time, Autotelic Experience.
- Length and format
- 36 (4 per dimension); 9-item short forms (S DFS-2 / S FSS-2, 1 per dimension). 5-pt Likert (1 never - 5 always) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Translated/validated in many languages incl. JA, ZH, ES, FR, IT, PT and others; used widely in sport and gaming
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Jackson, S. A., & Eklund, R. C. (2002). Assessing flow in physical activity: The Flow State Scale-2 and Dispositional Flow Scale-2. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 24(2), 133-150.
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