The purposes of this dissertation were to explore the flow experience at work and to construct and validate a questionnaire.
Flow is characterized by highly positive states and total involvement in activity.
Anti-flow items more closely approximated the proposed classification than the flow items. A 72-item version of the WEQ was administered to 94 subjects in three sessions. The relation with previously specified characteristics was strengthened when positive and negative items were separately factor analyzed. The experience of flow which is often an ephemeral condition of waking consciousness was compared and contrasted with the experience of pure consciousness and higher states of consciousness, as defined by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. All rights reserved.