The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between intrinsic motivation and flow experiences for university students who attending winter ski class. The results of many past researches showed that people who had higher intri...
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between intrinsic motivation and flow experiences for university students who attending winter ski class. The results of many past researches showed that people who had higher intrinsic motivation should had higher flow experiences. Based on these researches' results, this research studied on university students' who attending winter ski class.
The study was based on a sample of 320 university students who attending 2003-2004 season winter ski class. Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (Ryan, 1982) and 11 characteristics of flow (Jackson & Roberts, 1992) were used in survey.
The result showed all five intrinsic motivation factors were significant at the level of .05: Pressure/Tension(.00); Effort(.00); Perceived Competence(.00); Perceived Choice(.00); Interesting/Enjoyment(.04). This results indicated that people who had higher intrinsic motivation should had higher flow experiences.