Optimal Experience: Psychological Studies of Flow in ConsciousnessMihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi Cambridge University Press, 31 juil. 1992 - 416 pages 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. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 3 |
The flow experience and its significance for human psychology | 15 |
Sociological implications of the flow experience | 36 |
Flow and biocultural evolution | 60 |
VARIETIES OF THE FLOW EXPERIENCE | 83 |
Introduction to Part II | 85 |
Bosozoku flow in Japanese motorcycle gangs | 92 |
Women work and flow | 118 |
Flow in a historical context the case of the Jesuits | 232 |
THE MEASUREMENT OF FLOW IN EVERYDAY LIFE | 249 |
Introduction to Part IV | 251 |
The systematic assessment of flow in daily experience | 266 |
The quality of experience in the flow channels comparison of Italian and US students | 288 |
Flow and the quality of experience during work and leisure | 307 |
Optimal experience and the uses of talent | 319 |
Selfesteem and optimal experience | 327 |
The relationship between life satisfaction and flow in elderly Korean immigrants | 138 |
Flow and writing | 150 |
Flow in solitary ordeals | 172 |
FLOW AS A WAY OF LIFE | 181 |
Introduction to Part III | 183 |
Modernization and the changing contexts of flow in work and leisure | 193 |
Ocean cruising | 214 |
Optimal experience and the family context | 342 |
The future of flow | 364 |
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