{"product_id":"beyond-boredom-and-anxiety-experiencing-flow-in-work-and-play-hardback-9780787951405","title":"Beyond Boredom and Anxiety; Experiencing Flow in Work and Play (Hardback) 9780787951405","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeyond Boredom and Anxiety\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExperiencing Flow in Work and Play\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780787951405, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 March 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16 x 2.7 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A stimulating and revolutionary book.\" --Journal of IndividualPsychology\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Beyond Boredom and Anxiety constitutes a major contribution to andcritique of the sociology of work.\" --Sociology\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A very exciting book about the phenomenology of intrinsicallymotivated behavior. Csikszentmihalyi has done a service bydirecting attention to the importance of intrinsic motivation andits relationship to enjoyment and alienation.\" --ContemporaryPsychology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNow 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the 25th Anniversary Edition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements to the First Edition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Enjoyment and Intrinsic Motivation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rewards of Autotelic Activities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Structure of Autotelic Activities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Theoretical Model for Enjoyment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Enjoying Games: Chess.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Deep Play and the Flow Experience in Rock Climbing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Measuring the Flow Experience in Rock Dancing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Enjoying Work: Surgery.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Flow Patterns in Everyday Life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Effects of Flow Deprivation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Politics of Enjoyment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tests and Procedures Used in Microflow.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Experiments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52462936555800,"sku":"9780787951405","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780787951405.jpg?v=1785542959","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/beyond-boredom-and-anxiety-experiencing-flow-in-work-and-play-hardback-9780787951405","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}