The Dynamics of Intrinsic Motivation: A Study of Adolescents

By Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, J. Nakamura. 2014

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Design Your Own Job Through Job Crafting (2014, background): “Csikszentmihalyi and Nakamura (1989) argued that individuals seek challenges to maintain motivation and avoid boredom, a state that is called flow.”
The Concept of Flow (2014, background): “…account for autotelic individuals’ openness to new challenges and readiness to engage and persist in high-challenge activities, key aspects of the metaskills that contribute to getting into flow and staying there (Csikszentmihalyi & Nakamura, 1989; Csikszentmihalyi et al., 1993; Inghilleri, 1999).”
From job crafting to home crafting: A daily diary study among six European countries (2020, background): “Likewise, this study implies that crafting a challenging work life motivates individuals to proactively arrange a challenging and resourceful home life, to maintain motivation and avoid boredom (Csikszentmihalyi and Nakamura, 1989).”
Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology (2014, background): “…skills to take on effectively the challenges presented by the activity in which they are participating experience anxiety or boredom, depending on how much they value doing well in the activity (Csikszentmihalyi and LeFevre 1989; Csikszentmihalyi and Nakamura 1989; Csikszentmihalyi et al. 1993).”
An introduction to contemporary work psychology (2014, background): “Csikszentmihalyi and Nakamura (1989) argued that when individuals engage in activities offering opportunities for growth, they seek challenges to maintain motivation and avoid boredom.”
Foreign Language Learning Motivation in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Motivational Changes and Their Causes. (2013, background): “…motivated behaviour (e.g. Deci and Ryan, 1985, e.g. Deci and Ryan, 2008, Moller, Deci and Ryan, 2006, Zuckerman, Porac, Lathin and Deci, 1978), and so does conquering challenges (e.g. Csikszentmihalyi and Nakamura, 1989, Danner and Lonky, 1981, Deci and Ryan, 1985, Harter, 1974, Shapira, 1976).”