Optimal Experience ：Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness

Publication subTitle ：Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness

Author： Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi  

Publisher： Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year： 1992

E-ISBN: 9781316041208

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521438094

Subject： B842.2 感觉与知觉

Keyword： 心理过程与心理状态

Language： ENG

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Optimal Experience

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What constitutes enjoyment of life? Optimal Experience 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. The authors show the diverse contexts and circumstances in which flow is reported in different cultures, and describe its positive emotional impacts. They reflect on ways in which the ability to experience flow affects work satisfaction, academic success, and the overall quality of life

Chapter

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

A theoretical model of optimal experience

Introduction

The flow experience and its significance for human psychology

Sociological implications of the flow experience

Flow and biocultural evolution

Varieties of the flow experience

Introduction to Part II

Bosozoku: flow in Japanese motorcycle gangs

Women, work, and flow

The relationship between life satisfaction and flow in elderly Korean immigrants

Flow and writing

Flow in solitary ordeals

Flow as a way of life

Introduction to Part III

Modernization and the changing contexts of flow in work and leisure

Ocean cruising

Flow in a historical context: the case of the Jesuits

The measurement of flow in everyday life

Introduction to Part IV

The systematic assessment of flow in daily experience

The quality of experience in the flow channels: comparison of Italian and U.S. students

Flow and the quality of experience during work and leisure

Optimal experience and the uses of talent

Self-esteem and optimal experience

Optimal experience and the family context

The future of flow

References

Name index

Subject index

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