___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Flow State Scale (FSS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 10-03-2017 last updated: 02-22-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 02-22-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements a computerized version of the Flow State Scale (FSS) published by: 'Flow' = positive feeling of balance btw. challenges of tasks and personal abilities to tackle them. The implemented procedure is based on the published: Jackson, S.A., & Marsh, H.W. (1996). Development and validation of a scale to measure optimal experience: The flow state scale. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 18, 17–35. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A 36-item, 5-point Likert scale self-report questionnaire with 4 items per 9 subscales: *ChallengeSkillBase (1, 10, 19, 28) *ActionAwarenessMerging (2, 11, 20, 29) *ClearGoals (3, 12, 21, 30) *UnambiguousFeedback (4, 13, 22, 31) *Concentration_at_task_on_hand (5, 14, 23, 32) *Paradox_of_control (6, 15, 24, 33) *Loss_of_SelfConsciousness (7, 16, 25, 34) *Transformation_of_Time (8, 17, 26, 35) *AutotelicExperience (9, 18, 27, 36) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 3 minutes to complete _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'flowstatescale_survey.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) - 5 point Likert scales (range: 1-5) *CSB: ChallengeSkillBase (1, 10, 19, 28) *AAM: ActionAwarenessMerging (2, 11, 20, 29) *CG: ClearGoals (3, 12, 21, 30) *UF: UnambiguousFeedback (4, 13, 22, 31) *CT: Concentration_at_task_on_hand (5, 14, 23, 32) *PC: Paradox_of_control (6, 15, 24, 33) *LSC: Loss_of_SelfConsciousness (7, 16, 25, 34) *TT: Transformation_of_Time (8, 17, 26, 35) *AE: AutotelicExperience (9, 18, 27, 36) q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) (2) Summary data file: 'flowstatescale_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startdate: date script was run starttime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) Range of scores on subscales: min=4-20=max ChallengeSkillBase: total points on CBS scale (1, 10, 19, 28) ActionAwarenessMerging: total points on AAM scale (2, 11, 20, 29) ClearGoals: total points on CG scale (3, 12, 21, 30) UnambiguousFeedback: total points on UF scale (4, 13, 22, 31) Concentration_at_task_on_hand: total points on CT scale (5, 14, 23, 32) Paradox_of_control: total points on PC scale (6, 15, 24, 33) Loss_of_SelfConsciousness: total points on LSC scale (7, 16, 25, 34) Transformation_of_Time: total points on TT scale (8, 17, 26, 35) AutotelicExperience: total points on AE scale (9, 18, 27, 36) total: the combined score of all 9 subscalesfactors ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP & SCORING ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A 36-item, 5-point Likert scale self-report questionnaire with 4 items per 9 subscales: *ChallengeSkillBase (1, 10, 19, 28) *ActionAwarenessMerging (2, 11, 20, 29) *ClearGoals (3, 12, 21, 30) *UnambiguousFeedback (4, 13, 22, 31) *Concentration_at_task_on_hand (5, 14, 23, 32) *Paradox_of_control (6, 15, 24, 33) *Loss_of_SelfConsciousness (7, 16, 25, 34) *Transformation_of_Time (8, 17, 26, 35) *AutotelicExperience (9, 18, 27, 36) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Instructions are based on Jackson & Marsh (1996) They can be edited under section Editable Parameters ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: /pageinstructions: store the instructions presented on each surveypage