Positive/Negative on Leisure: From the Perspective of the Difference of Enjoyment and Pleasure

This presentation aims to examine positive / negative on leisure we participate in. In the examination, we helpfully apply flow theory described mainly by Csikszentmihalyi. he has found out the significance of Intrinsically Reward leading to Enjoyment ,as the result he examined the case studies such as rock climbing , everyday work. This study distinguishes the positive from the negate, applying critically flow theory. The main issue is the difference of Enjoyment and Pleasure. According to Csikszentmihalyi, enjoyment is useful for the growth of self. Pleasureis useful just for keeping the order of self, it exists just on time.

On the one side we have examined the former studies which focus on leisure from the perspective of consumption, we can take positive parts in leisure. But we demand Pleasure when we regard leisure as consumption. On the other side, we have examined the former studies which focus on leisure from the perspective on the growth of self, we can take positive parts in leisure. So is the chance which we create Enjoyment.

It is the meaningful that we have found out the difference of two meanings of positive, which differ the case we regard leisure as the growth of self from the case we regard it as consumption. That is to say, on the one side, it is the chance of the working off the energy that we take positive parts in leisure regarded as consumption. On the other side, it is the chance growing self that we take positive parts in leisure creating Enjoyment.