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Reliability and Readability of Questionnaire: Peak Performance and Peak Experience

Gayle Privette, David Sherry

Psychological Reports April 1, 1986 DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1986.58.2.491 (opens in new tab)

Study at a glance

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Characteristics Reliability study Peer reviewed
Sample size 33
Population 21 women and 12 men, aged 20 to 49 years
Topics Mystical experience
Key points The questionnaire's readability is at the upper 9th to 10th grade level, and its overall reliability is .70.

Abstract

The Questionnaire: Peak Performance and Peak Experience is based on both research and theoretical content found through a comparative analysis of literature germane to peak performance, peak experience, and flow. The Dale-Chall Readability Formula indicated that readability of the questionnaire is at the upper limits of the 9th and 10th grades. A Pearson product-moment correlation, based on 33 paired trials, was used to estimate over-all reliability (.70) and reliability of 42 individual test items. Scores were from 21 women and 12 men, aged 20 to 49 yr.