TY - JOUR
AU - Privette, Gayle
AB - Compares peak experience (intense joy), peak performance (superior functioning), and flow (intrinsically rewarding experience). Peak experience and peak performance are models of optimal human experiencing and, therefore, are important in personality study. Flow, although not always at a high level, shares many qualities with both constructs. Important attributes shared by all 3 include absorption, valuing, joy, spontaneity, a sense of power, and personal identity and involvement. The topologies also reveal distinguishing characteristics. Peak experience, for example, is mystic and transpersonal; peak performance is transactive, clearly focusing on self as well as the valued object; and flow is fun. Differences among the constructs concerning sense of self and motivation are also noted. (27 ref)
TI - Peak experience, peak performance, and flow: A comparative analysis of positive human experiences
JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.45.6.1361
DA - 1983-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/peak-experience-peak-performance-and-flow-a-comparative-analysis-of-PeMe30R0dH
SP - 1361
EP - 1368
VL - 45
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -