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Clinical Psychology and Special Education
2012. Vol. 1, no. 1
ISSN: 2304-0394 (online)

The Review of M. Csikszentmihalyi's Book “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience”

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K.A. Bochaver, S.K. Nartova-Bochaver

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Abstract

New for the Russian psychology concepts of “flow”, “optimal experience”, and foundations by M. Csikszentmihalyi are analyzed in the article. Their functions, specific features, connections with motivation, aim and other phenomena are discussed. The complex definition of the “flow” to integrate into practical psychology is proposed in article.

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Keywords: flow, happiness, optimal experience, motivation, positive psychology, review, self-determination

Journal rubric: Book Review

Article type: review article

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For citation: Bochaver, K.A., Nartova-Bochaver, S.K. (2012). The Review of M. Csikszentmihalyi's Book “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience”. Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 1(1), Article 14. (In Russ.). URL: https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/cpse/archive/2012_n1/49979 (viewed: 15.07.2025)

© Bochaver K.A., Nartova-Bochaver S.K., 2012

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Konstantin A. Bochaver, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Senior Researcher, Psychology Department, HSE University, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, assistant professor at the psychology chair, head of sport psychology laboratory, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4976-2271, e-mail: konstantin.bochaver@gmail.com

Sofya K. Nartova-Bochaver, Doctor of Psychology, Professor of the Department of Psychology, HSE University, Head of the Laboratory for Psychology of salutogenic environment, HSE University, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8061-4154, e-mail: s-nartova@yandex.ru

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