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I have posted about the psychological concept of Flow-pioneered by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Below is an interesting piece about experiencing flow with others.
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Introduction (BPS Research)
Ever had that wonderful, timeless feeling that arises when you’re absorbed in a challenging task, one that stretches your abilities but doesn’t exceed them? Pioneering psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi called this state ‘flow’. Countless studies have shown that flow is highly rewarding and usually provokes feelings of joy afterwards. Little researched until now, however, is the idea of ’social flow’, which can arise when a group of people are absorbed together in a challenging task. In a new study, Charles Walker finds that social flow is associated with more joy than solitary flow – ‘that doing it together is better than doing it alone’.
Key Finding (Via BPS Research)
The key finding is that the participants in the high interdependent condition were rated as more joyful than participants in the low interdependence condition, based on self-report and on scores given by trained observers who watched their facial expressions and body language.
Crucially, the high interdependent participants were still rated as more joyful even when the analysis was restricted to just those participants from each condition who’d found their respective tasks equally challenging and requiring of skill. In other words, with ‘flow’ kept as constant as possible across the two conditions, the more interdependent version of the game still appeared to provoke more joy.
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