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| A cluster of traits exhibited by a person who enjoys life and who "generally does things for his or her own sake, rather than in order to achieve some later external goal" (Csikszentmihalyi, 1997, p.117). From the Greek words autos, meaning "self" and telos, meaning "end". |
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| Experience sampling method |
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| A research method used to study flow experiences. Participants are signaled via watches, phones, or hand-held computers and asked to answer questions about their experiences at the moment they are paged. |
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| An optimal state of engagement in which a person perceives challenges to action as neither under utilizing nor overwhelming his or her existing skills and has clear, attainable goals and immediate feedback about progress. |
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| Openness to novelty and sensitivity to context and perspective. Mindfulness involves cultivating awareness of everyday happenings and physiological and psychological sensations; overcoming the desire to reduce uncertainty in everyday life; overriding the tendency to engage in automatic behavior; and engaging less frequently in evaluating oneself, others, and situations. |
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| As commonly defined, the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that fuel and arise from the search for the sacred. |
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