The flow experience: Polish adaptation and validation of the psychological flow scale (PFS).

ABSTRACT: Flow is an absorbing, effortless, and intrinsically rewarding state that unfolds over time. We adapted the nine-item Psychological Flow Scale (PFS) to Polish and evaluated it in a preregistered laboratory study designed to capture fine-grained changes in flow. After individual skill calibration, participants completed a 20-trial pursuit-tracking task following a chaotic Lorenz trajectory; data from 140 participants met inclusion criteria. Multilevel confirmatory factor analysis supported the theorized structure: Absorption, Effortless Control, and Intrinsic Reward formed correlated first-order factors nested under a second-order Flow factor at both the within-person and between-person levels (χ²(46) = 345.35, CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.05). Reliability was excellent for aggregated scores (gener

SUBMITTER: Wojtasinski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12680258 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature