Sufficiency Acceptance State
A stable condition of inner calm during or after AI-assisted work in which the user experiences no pressure to further optimize, accepting the current result as sufficient.
Operational Definition
STATE. Rated as the level of felt calm and absence of optimization pressure over a defined period: scored on a graded scale from high optimization pressure (continued reworking, dissatisfaction) to settled sufficiency (work accepted as good enough), based on self-report and observable cessation of further reworking.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): A brief calmness/arousal self-report: a short calmness/low-tension subscale covering the calm-tense (low-arousal) dimension (calm-vs-tense items, reverse-scored for calm); 5-point Likert, administered immediately after the work block; could be reported as a mean state-calm score with internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha).