Optimal experience : psychological studies of flow in consciousness
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Editor), Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi (Editor)
What constitutes enjoyment of life? This work 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.
Print Book, English, 1992
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992
Cross-cultural studies
xiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521438094, 0521438098
26654694
I. A theoretical model of optimal experience. Introduction / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The flow experience and its significance for human psychology / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Sociological implications of the flow experience / Richard G. Mitchell, Jr
Flow and biocultural evolution / Fausto Massimini, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Antonella Delle Fave
II. Varieties of the flow experience. Introduction to part II / Mihaly and Isabella Csikszentmihalyi
Bosozoku : flow in Japanese motorcycle gangs / Ikuya Sato
Women, work, and flow / Maria T. Allison and Margaret Carlisle Duncan
The relationship between life satisfaction and flow in elderly Korean immigrants / Seongyeul Han
Flow and writing / Reed Larson
Flow in solitary ordeals / Richard D. Logan
III. Flow as a way of life. Introduction to part III / Isabella and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Modernization and the changing contexts of flow in work and leisure / Antonella Delle Fave and Fausto Massimini
Ocean cruising / Jim Macbeth
Flow in a historical context : the case of the Jesuits / Isabella Csikszentmihalyi
IV. The measurement of flow in everyday life. Introduction to part IV / Mihaly and Isabella Csikszentmihalyi
The systematic assessment of flow in daily experience / Fausto Massimini and Massimo Carli
The quality of experience in the flow channels : comparison of Italian and U.S. students / Massimo Carli, Antonella Delle Fave, and Fausto Massimini
Flow and the quality of experience during work and leisure / Judith Lefevre
Optimal experience and the uses of talent / Jeanne Nakamura
Self-esteem and optimal experience / Anne J. Wells
Optimal experience and the family context / Kevin Rathunde
The future of flow / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi