Control of level of challenge and its effect on task persistence: a study of Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow

Csikszentmihalyi’s (1975) concept of flow was examined in a sample of 81 four-year-olds. Intrinsic motivation to continue playing, measured by the number of attempts to toss a bean bag through a target, was observed in both a choice and an assigned condition, order counterbalanced. In the assigned c...

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Main Author: Kidd, Karen Danise
Other Authors: Family and Child Development
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53078