Page No.40-47
Fakir Mohan Sahoo and Rajnandini Sahu
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
Happiness is a Swedish sunset – it is there for all, but most of us look in the other
way and lose it. The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions,
not our circumstances. With these observations in mind, the present study has
been undertaken to fine-tune our dispositions in the conquest of happiness. The
purpose of the present investigation is to examine the role of flow intensity in the
context of satisfaction and happiness. The study involves a 2 (gender) X 2
(orientation: high flow vs. low flow) factorial design where males and females are
separately categorized into two quasi-experimental groups: people experiencing
high flow and those experiencing low flow. 128 adults of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar
were randomly sampled for the study. Each participant was individually administered
Life Orientation Scale and Flow Experience Questionnaires. Results reveal that
flow experience is significantly related to total life satisfaction, thus suggesting that
happy individuals are people with high flow. The findings have been explained in
the light of contemporary conceptualization.