Table 1: Systematic review of the main findings and assumptions of the concepts related to flow in social interactions.
Dynamics Findings/Hypothesis Related Constructs
Context 1. flow was studied in more social contexts: sport [9]; work [13,14]; group cooperation: learning groups [15,16] • social flow [9]
• collective flow [14]
• relational flow [13]
• networked flow [16]
• group flow [15]
Condition 2. flow can be experienced in a creative cooperative activity [15,16], interdependence of the partners [9] • networked flow [16]
• group flow [15]
• social flow [9]
3. flow conditions are needed [9,15] • group flow [15]
• social flow [9]
4. autonomy, competence and relatedness can be experienced [15], they facilitate flow • group flow [15]
Quality of the interaction 5. partners can be the agent of each other’s flow in the shared context [9]
o can be the source of the challenge [17]
o can provide feedback for each other [9,17]
• social flow [9]
• shared flow [17]
6. the person’s flow can be affected by the partner’s experience through perception [18] • contagious flow [18]
7. reciprocal interaction [9,18] • contagious flow [18]
• social flow [9]
8. intrinsic motivation of the partners are related [19]; the emphasis of motivation [14] • crossover of flow [19]
• collective flow [14]
9. related to positive affects: joy [9,14,16]; more enjoyable than in solitary activities [9], contributes to the enjoyment of the experience [20,21] • networked flow [16]
• collective flow [14]
• social flow [9]
• game flow [20,21]
Consequence: performance 10. higher performance is resulted [15,16,22] • networked flow [16]
• group flow [15]
Quality of the experience 11. the quality of flow is different because of the effect of the social context [9] • social flow [9]