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"...an impressive cross-cultural effort....a valuable compilation of major theoretical and empirical developments in one volume....well worth the attention of psychologists who are concerned with intrinsic motivations in work and at play." Contemporary Psychology
"...an interdisciplinary anthology of some of the most stimulating conceptual extensions of the original flow model together with a selection from the research that in the past decade has rounded out our understanding of the conditions that make an enjoyable life possible." Exceptional Human Experience
"The book provides a theoretical model of optimal experience, gives accounts of flow in a variety of human situations. It also shows how certain ways of life promote flow, and describes the methodology and measurement of flow in everyday life." New Scientist
"...an interdisciplinary anthology of some of the most stimulating conceptual extensions of the original flow model together with a selection from the research that in the past decade has rounded out our understanding of the conditions that make an enjoyable life possible." Exceptional Human Experience
"The book provides a theoretical model of optimal experience, gives accounts of flow in a variety of human situations. It also shows how certain ways of life promote flow, and describes the methodology and measurement of flow in everyday life." New Scientist
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What constitutes enjoyment of life? Optimal Experience: Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness offers a comprehensive survey of theoretical and empirical investigations of the "flow" experience, a desirable or optimal state of consciousness that enhances a person's psychic state. "Flow" can be said to occur when people are able to meet the challenges of their environment with appropriate skills, and accordingly feel a sense of well-being, a sense of mastery, and a heightened sense of self-esteem. The authors show the diverse contexts and circumstances in which flow is reported in different cultures (e.g. Japan, Korea, Australia, Italy), and describe its positive emotional impacts. They reflect on the concept of flow vis-à-vis modern social structures, historical phenomena, and evolutionary biocultural selection. The ways in which the ability to experience flow affects work satisfaction, academic success, and the overall quality of life are suggested; and the childrearing practices that result in the ability to derive enjoyment from life, considered.
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Some ten years ago the first publications reporting studies of what we have called the "flow experience" appeared in print, beginning with an article in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and then the book Beyond Boredom and Anxiety (Csikszentmihalyi 1975a, 1975b). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
autotelic context, autotelic group, more optimal experience, autotelic score, bosozoku youths, negentropic state, limited stimulus field, autotelic experience, autotelic personality, flow questionnaire, autotelic nature, solitary ordeals, psychic entropy, relationship between life satisfaction, overall average levels, psychological selection, flow experience, cultural instructions, cognitive efficiency, talented adolescents, experiencing flow, high challenges Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Experience Sampling Method, Delle Fave, Charles Ives, Cook Ting, Spiritual Exercises, University of Chicago, World War, Experience Sampling Form, Gressoney Valley, Pont Trentaz, Society of Jesus, Charles Lindbergh, David Lewis, Jesus Christ, Kawaramachi Avenue, Life Satisfaction Index, Lord Wen-hui, Max Weber, Navajo Community College New!
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Some ten years ago the first publications reporting studies of what we have called the "flow experience" appeared in print, beginning with an article in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and then the book Beyond Boredom and Anxiety (Csikszentmihalyi 1975a, 1975b). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
autotelic context, autotelic group, more optimal experience, autotelic score, bosozoku youths, negentropic state, limited stimulus field, autotelic experience, autotelic personality, flow questionnaire, autotelic nature, solitary ordeals, psychic entropy, relationship between life satisfaction, overall average levels, psychological selection, flow experience, cultural instructions, cognitive efficiency, talented adolescents, experiencing flow, high challenges Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Experience Sampling Method, Delle Fave, Charles Ives, Cook Ting, Spiritual Exercises, University of Chicago, World War, Experience Sampling Form, Gressoney Valley, Pont Trentaz, Society of Jesus, Charles Lindbergh, David Lewis, Jesus Christ, Kawaramachi Avenue, Life Satisfaction Index, Lord Wen-hui, Max Weber, Navajo Community College New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on 5 pages
- Spirit Of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 175, page 176, and Back Matter
- The Spirit of St. Louis (Scribner Classics) by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 175, page 176, and Back Matter
- The Inner Chapters by Zhuangzi on page 380, and Back Matter
- Social Psychology by Donald C. Pennington in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Good Business: Leadership. Flow, and the Making of Meaning by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on 4 pages
- The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations (Jossey-Bass Management) by James M. Kouzes on page 75, page 354, and page 356
- Becoming Adult: How Teenagers Prepare For The World Of Work by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Changing Places?: Flexibility, Lifelong Learning and a Learning Society by Richard Edwards in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Tourism and Modernity: A Sociological Analysis (Tourism Social Science Series) by Ning Wang in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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