The systematic assessment of flow in daily experience

In considering possible future empirical research on flow, a central desideratum was expressed in the last pages of Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: “The flow model could be extended to work situations and other ‘non leisure’ settings…it is important to find out piecemeal and experimentally what combination of challenges and skills can be accommodated in a schoolroom, a neighborhood, or at home, so that … [we] can maximize flow involvement in as many people as possible” (Csikszentmihalyi 1975b, p. 203). The present chapter describes such a project.