Optimal Experience

Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness

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Paperback | 21 December 1992

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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-a-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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' ... 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

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Philosophy of The Mind Psychology States of Consciousness Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Social Psychology

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 fausto massimini
Varieties of the Flow Experience
Introduction to Part II
Bozozoku: flow in Japanese motorcycle gang
Women, work, and flow
The relationship between life satisfaction and flow in elderly Korean immigrants
Flow and writing
Flow and solitary ordeals
Flow as a Way of Life
Introduction to Part III
Modernisation and the changing context of flow in work and leisure Antonella
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 US 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 context2Kevin Rathunde
The future of flow
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