Flow in context: Development and validation of the flow experience instrument for social networking

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Highlights:

• The study develops an instrument for research on flow experience in social networking.

• Flow experience has been imprecisely understood in the context of social networking.

• Flow is a combination of skill, interaction, playfulness, concentration and enjoyment.

• Previously used constructs of flow suffer from inappropriate psychometric properties.

• The study acknowledges that contingencies in social networks affect flow experience.

摘要

•The study develops an instrument for research on flow experience in social networking.•Flow experience has been imprecisely understood in the context of social networking.•Flow is a combination of skill, interaction, playfulness, concentration and enjoyment.•Previously used constructs of flow suffer from inappropriate psychometric properties.•The study acknowledges that contingencies in social networks affect flow experience.

论文关键词:Flow experience,Social networking,Continued use,Measurement scale

论文评审过程:Received 15 April 2015, Revised 13 January 2016, Accepted 9 February 2016, Available online 18 February 2016, Version of Record 18 February 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.039