• Dissertation Survey

    Flow State Scale, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Religiosity Scale
  • Did you score above, equal to, or below your Handicap in your most recent round of golf?

  • Flow State Scale

    Instructions: Below is a collection of statements about your sport performance experience Using the 1-5 scale below, please indicate how frequently or infrequently you currently have each experience. Please answer according to what really reflects your experience rather than what you think your experience should be. Please treat each item separately from every other item. 
  • I was challenged, but I believed my skills would allow me to meet the challenge.
  • I made the correct movements without thinking about trying to do so.
  • I knew clearly what I wanted to do.
  • It was really clear to me that I was doing well.
  • My attention was focused entirely on what I was doing.
  • I felt in total control of what I was doing.
  • I was not concerned with what others may have been thinking of me.
  • Time seemed to alter(either slowed down or sped up).
  • I really enjoyed the experience.
  • My abilities matched the high challenge of the situation.
  • Things just seemed to be happening automatic.
  • I had a strong sense of what I wanted to do.
  • I was aware of how well I was performing.
  • It was no effort to keep my mind on what was happening
  • I felt like I could control what I was doing.
  • I was not worried about my performance during the event.
  • The way time passed seemed to be different from normal.
  • I loved the feeling of that performance and want to capture it again.
  • I felt I was competent enough to meet the high demands of the situation.
  • I performed automatically.
  • I knew what I wanted to achieve.
  • I had total concentration.
  • I had a feeling of total control.
  • I was not concerned with how I was presenting myself.
  • It felt like time stopped while I was forming performing.
  • The experience left me feeling great. The challenge and my skills were at an equally high level.
  • I did things spontaneously and automatically without having to think.
  • My goals were clearly defined.
  • I could tell by the way I was performing how well I was doing.
  • I was completely focused on the task at hand.
  • I felt in total control of my body.
  • I was not worried about what others may have been thinking of me.
  • At times, it almost seemed like things were happening in slow motion.
  • I found the experience extremely rewarding.

  • Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

    Day-to-Day Experiences Instructions: Below is a collection of statements about your everyday experience. Using the 1-6 scale below, please indicate how frequently or infrequently you currently have each experience. Please answer according to what really reflects your experience rather than what you think your experience should be. Please treat each item separately from every other item. 
  • I could be experiencing some emotion and not be conscious of it until some time later.
  • I break or spill things because of carelessness, not paying attention, or thinking of something else.
  • I find it difficult to stay focused on what’s happening in the present
  • I tend to walk quickly to get where I’m going without paying attention to what I experience along the way.
  • I tend to notice feelings of physical tension or discomfort until they really grab my attention.
  • I forget a person’s name almost as soon as I’ve been told it for the first time.
  • It seems I am “running on automatic,” without much awareness of what I’m doing.
  • I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.
  • I get so focused on the goal I want to achieve that I lose touch with what I’m doing right now to get there.
  • I do jobs or tasks automatically, without being aware of what I’m doing.
  • I find myself listening to someone with one ear, doing something else at the same time.
  • I drive places on “automatic pilot” and then wonder why I went there.
  • I find myself preoccupied with the future or the past.
  • I find myself doing things without paying attention.
  • I snack without being aware that I’m eating.

  • The Religiousness Scale

    The following questions have to do with your use of religion. Please answer them to the best of your ability.
  • How religious would you say you are?
  • How often do you study the Bible or other religious literature privately?
  • Other than at mealtime, how often, on the average, do you pray to God privately?
  • When you are tempted to do something wrong, how often do you ask God for the strength to do right?
  • When you have decisions to make in your everyday life, how often do you ask yourself what God would want you to do, or ask God for strength to do right?
  • On the average, how often have you attended religious worship services during thelast year?
  • How much, relative to your income, do you donate each year to a church or a religious organization?
  • How often do you serve a religious organization in teaching, leading groups, or other responsibilities?
  • How would you describe your relationship with God?
  • How often do you experience or feel God’s approval for some good act you have Done?
  • How often do you experience or feel God’s disapproval for some undesirable act you have done?
  • To what extent are you conscious of some religious goal or purpose in life which serves to give direction to your own life?
  • Should be Empty: