Clearly connects research with everyday life issues

Shows out-of-the-box thinking by looking at attention from a variety of disciplines

Describes the birth and development of the concept of flow

Reflects on the basis and importance of positive psychology

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Introduction.- 1. Attention and the Holistic Approach to Behavior; M. Csikszentmihalyi.- 2. The Experience Sampling Method; R. Larson and M. Csikszentmihalyi.- 3. Validity and Reliability of the Experience-Sampling Method; M. Csikszentmihalyi and R. Larson.- 4. The Experience of Freedom in Daily Life; M. Csikszentmihalyi and R. Graef.- 5. The Situational and Personal Correlates of Happiness: A Cross-National Comparison; M. Csikszentmihalyi and M. Mei-Ha Wong.- 6. Happiness in Everyday Life: The Uses of Experience Sampling; M. Csikszentmihalyi and J. Hunter.- 7. Television as Escape: Subjective Experience before an Evening of Heavy Viewing; R.W. Kubey and M. Csikszentmihalyi.- 8. Measuring Intrinsic Motivation in Everyday Life; R. Graef, M. Csikszentmihalyi and S. McManama Gianinno.- 9. Energy Consumption in Leisure and Perceived Happiness; R. Graef, S. McManama Gianinno and M. Csikszentmihalyi.- 10. Play and Intrinsic Rewards; M. Csikszentmihalyi.- 11. Motivation and Creativity: Toward a Synthesis of Structural and Energistic Approaches to Cognition; M. Csikszentmihalyi.- 12. The Dynamics of Intrinsic Motivation: A Study of Adolescents; M. Csikszentmihalyi and J. Nakamura.- 13. Emerging Goals and the Self-Regulation of Behavior; M. Csikszentmihalyi and J. Nakamura.- 14. Toward a Psychology of Optimal Experience; M. Csikszentmihalyi.- 15. Flow; M. Csikszentmihalyi, S. Abuhamdeh and J. Nakamura.- 16. The Concept of Flow; J. Nakamura and M. Csikszentmihalyi.- 17. Flow with Soul: An Interview with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi by Elizabeth Debold.- 18. Positive Psychology: An Introduction; M.E.P. Seligman and M. Csikszentmihalyi.