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Tables of Contents for Optimal Experience
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Contributors
xiii
I A THEORETICAL MODEL OF OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE
Introduction
3
12
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The flow experience and its significance for human psychology
15
21
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Sociological implications of the flow experience
36
24
Richard G. Mitchell, Jr.
Flow and biocultural evolution
60
25
Fausto Massimini
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Antonella Delle Fave
II VARIETIES OF THE FLOW EXPERIENCE
Introduction to Part II
85
7
Mihaly
Isabella Csikszentmihalyi
Bosozoku: flow in Japanese motorcycle gangs
92
26
Ikuya Sato
Women, work, and flow
118
20
Maria T. Allison
Margaret Carlisle Duncan
The relationship between life satisfaction and flow in elderly Korean immigrants
138
12
Seongyeul Han
Flow and writing
150
22
Reed Larson
Flow in solitary ordeals
172
11
Richard D. Logan
III FLOW AS A WAY OF LIFE
Introduction to Part III
183
10
Isabella
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Modernization and the changing contexts of flow in work and leisure
193
21
Antonella Delle Fave
Fausto Massimini
Ocean cruising
214
18
Jim Macbeth
Flow in a historical context: the case of the Jesuits
232
19
Isabella Csikszentmihalyi
IV THE MEASUREMENT OF FLOW IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Introduction to Part IV
251
15
Mihaly
Isabella Csikszentmihalyi
The systematic assessment of flow in daily experience
266
22
Fausto Massimini
Massimo Carli
The quality of experience in the flow channels: comparison of Italian and U.S. students
288
19
Massimo Carli
Antonella Delle Fave
Fausto Massimini
Flow and the quality of experience during work and leisure
307
12
Judith Lefevre
Optimal experience and the uses of talent
319
8
Jeanne Nakamura
Self-esteem and optimal experience
327
15
Anne J. Wells
Optimal experience and the family context
342
22
Kevin Rathunde
The future of flow
364
20
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
References
384
19
Name index
403
6
Subject index
409