Beyond boredom and anxiety

Name: Beyond boredom and anxiety
ISBN: 9780875892610

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · first published 1975

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andrewl · Apr 15, 2014 · Mentions

I don't know if the term flow came before in the zone, but it has been in use for decades. Csikszentmihalyi published a book called Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play in 1975.
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jacobolus · Nov 1, 2010 · Mentions

2000? Csíkszentmihályi’s book (Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play) which introduced the term flow was published in 1975. Here’s a TED talk by Csíkszentmihályi (2004): http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow.htm...…
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philip1209 · Apr 24, 2022 · Mentions

…children in the suburbs and bored housewives in the homes need to experience flow. If they cannot get it, they will find substitutes in the form of escape.” Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, in the book Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play
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eesmith · May 20, 2023 · Mentions

Google Scholar found some uses, like Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: The Experience of Play in Work and Games. by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Review by: Murray S. Davis Source: Contemporary Sociology , Mar., 1977, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Mar., 1977), pp. 197-199 at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2065805.pdf…
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