THE WAYS TO OPERATIONALIZE FLOW EXPERIENCE

The study summarizes the antecedents of flow-research and reviews the current questions of this topic focusing on the difficulties of the operationalization and on the possibilities of flow induction under laboratory circumstances. Our objectives include the clarification of the conceptual contradictions of the flow construct, the promotion of its effective discrimination from other similar concepts and the presentation of the difficulties of flow induction which may provide reference points for designing future studies.