TY - BOOK AU - Csikszentmihalyi,Mihaly TI - Beyond boredom and anxiety SN - 0787951404 AV - BF515 .C74 2000 U1 - 152.42 22 PY - 2000///] CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey-Bass Publishers KW - Pleasure KW - Play KW - Psychological aspects KW - Games KW - Work N1 - Originally published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1975, in series: Jossey-Bass behavioral science series; Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index; Enjoyment and Intrinsic Motivation --; Rewards of Autotelic Activities --; Structure of Autotelic Activities --; A Theoretical Model for Enjoyment --; Enjoying Games: Chess --; Deep Play and the Flow Experience in Rock Climbing --; Measuring the Flow Experience in Rock Dancing --; Enjoying Work: Surgery --; Flow Patterns in Everyday Life --; Effects of Flow Deprivation --; Politics of Enjoyment --; Tests and Procedures Used in Microflow --; Experiments N2 - "Now in a special 25th anniversary edition and filled with brilliant wisdom and insights, Beyond Boredom and Anxiety offers a timeless introduction to the concept of flow and the scientific basis behind it-all through the work of one of the field's great scientists, Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi. Through real-life examples, discover how enjoyable activities provide a common experience-a satisfying, often exhilarating, feeling of creative accomplishment and heightened functioning-and under what conditions 'serious' work can also provide this intrinsic enjoyment."--Publisher description UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley042/99056457.html ER -