Touching the Passion considers the ways that the Passion in late medieval retables touched worshipers. The author explores the "aesthetics of immersion" through different lenses, such as scale, ...medium, the five senses, the effect of the frame, and medieval mnemonics.
When people fail at a passion in their lives, how do they respond? We conducted two studies with undergraduates to test whether self-compassionate responding and being fearful of engaging in ...self-compassion following failure depended on whether the passion was relatively harmonious or obsessive (Vallerand, 2015). In Study 1 (n=349), we found support for a model whereby fear of self-compassion was positively predicted by obsessive passion and negatively predicted by harmonious passion. Fear of self-compassion, in turn, predicted lower levels of self-compassion. We extended these findings in Study 2 (n=82) by testing the causal relationship between obsessive passion and fear of self-compassion using a mindset induction procedure. We found that participants in an obsessively passionate mindset reported greater levels of fear of self-compassion compared to those in a control condition. Self-compassion is known to produce adaptive responses to failure (Neff, 2009). The present findings suggest that people with a predominant obsessive passion are more likely to avoid treating themselves with kindness and compassion when faced with failure, a tendency that likely contributes to the known maladaptive outcomes that are characteristic of an obsessive passion in times of adversity.
•We examined if distinct passion types predicted self-compassion following failure.•We conducted two studies using cross-sectional and experimental designs.•Harmonious passion positively predicted self-compassion.•Obsessive passion predicted being fearful of engaging in self-compassion.
We consider the influence of inter- and intra-individual team dynamics on entrepreneurial passion change and the relevance of passion change to important outcomes. Drawing on person-environment fit ...theory, we hypothesize first, that in newly formed teams, the entrepreneurial passion levels of individuals are impacted by their peers' passion (the average passion of their teammates). Second, we expect that individuals' trajectories of passion change are influenced by their perception of fit with the team. Third, passion levels and trajectories are expected to impact entrepreneurial outcomes for both individuals and teams. To examine these temporal dynamics, our hypotheses are tested with data from an accelerator program involving 343 team members nested in 79 newly formed teams. The findings reveal that in new teams, individuals' passion for inventing, founding, and developing are positively (negatively) influenced when teammates have higher (lower) passion for these roles and the association between individual's passion and peers' aggregated passion becomes stronger over time. Over time, positive passion trajectories emerge when an individual perceives higher fit with their team, and entrepreneurial intent is predicted by both (a) end-state levels of individual passion and (b) passion trajectories for inventing and founding (but not developing). Finally, we find that team passion trajectories predict team performance. Implications of these multi-level findings are discussed.
•Individual passion is influenced by peers’ passion such that peers’ influence on individual passion strengthens over time.•Positive passion trajectories occur when individuals perceive fit with their team.•Individuals’ passion levels and trajectories both predict entrepreneurial intent.•Trajectories of aggregate team-level passion predict team performance.
The paper builds upon research on passion in entrepreneurship to investigate domain passion in addition to entrepreneurial passion, and its role in the entrepreneurial process, thus expanding the ...conception of passion in entrepreneurship. The paper draws a picture of hobby-related entrepreneurship, focusing on entrepreneurs who start up a business out of a passion, cultivated in hobbies and leisure time, for the domain of their venture and product or service it provides. Two main questions are debated: how is domain passion related to entrepreneurial passion? What is the role of domain passion in the entrepreneurial process? The methodology adopted is qualitative, namely a qualitative approach including two cases of Italian companies. The empirical analysis allows to depict the hobby-related entrepreneurial process, triggered by domain passion. Domain and entrepreneurial passion activate a virtuous circle in which domain passion fuels and is fuelled by entrepreneurial passion.
Research relying on the dualistic model of passion has consistently found that harmonious passion for sport is positively associated with adaptive outcomes and that obsessive passion for sport is ...positively associated with maladaptive outcomes. In this research, we tested if various sport outcomes were related to within-person combinations of both harmonious and obsessive passion. Three samples of athletes (total N = 1,290) completed online surveys that assessed various sport outcomes (e.g., sport enjoyment, goal attainment), along with harmonious and obsessive passion for their sport. We found that athletes were best served by having either high harmonious passion or low obsessive passion or, in many cases, high harmonious passion that was combined with low obsessive passion. These results add to our understanding of passion by showing that combinations of harmonious and obsessive passion for sport are differentially associated with indicators of a positive sport experience.
The purpose of the present research was to look at the correlates of passion toward screen-based activities. In two studies, we aimed to test the role of impulsivity as a predictor of obsessive (but ...not harmonious) passion for Facebook use and series watching. We also aimed to distinguish between problematic and non-problematic correlates as pertains to Facebook use and TV series watching. Based on the Dualistic Model of Passion, it was hypothesized that Harmonious passion would be positively associated with adaptive correlates and Obsessive passion to less positive and even negative ones in both types of activities. In two studies, young adults (Study 1=256; Study 2=420) completed the Passion Scale with respect to Facebook use and series watching, respectively, the UPPS Impulsivity Scale, and scales measuring problematic and non-problematic correlates associated with engaging in such activities. The results provided support for the proposed model: Impulsivity predicted obsessive (but not harmonious) passion. Obsessive passion was positively associated with negative correlates such as Facebook overuse whereas harmonious passion was positively associated with adaptive correlates such as self-development through series watching. These results suggest that it is the type of passion underlying activity engagement that determines what is experienced.
•Impulsivity is related to obsessive passion for screen-based activities.•Obsessive passion predicts problematic screen-based activity outcomes.•Harmonious passion is related to adaptive screen-based activity outcomes.•Impulsivity can be a key personality variable of the Dualistic Model of Passion.
People are often passionate toward multiple activities in their lives. However, more has been learned about passion toward any single activity than about passion toward multiple activities. Relying ...on the dualistic model of passion (Vallerand in The psychology of passion: a dualistic model, Oxford University Press, New York, 2015), this research addressed the antecedents and consequences of polyamorous passion. In three pre-registered studies (total
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= 1322) and one mini meta-analysis, we found that (a) people tend to report being passionate for between 2 and 4 activities; (b) harmonious passion becomes a less potent predictor of well-being as it is directed toward less-favored activities; (c) harmonious passion does not contribute to the prediction of well-being beyond a second-favorite activity; and (d) openness to experience is a personality trait that is positively associated with the number of passionate activities that people have in their lives. These results contribute to our understanding of who has multiple passions, how many passionate activities people tend to have, and the relationship between polyamorous passion and well-being.
This research examined the role of academic passion and emotions in procrastination. Two studies were conducted with undergraduate students (Study 1: n = 210, 63% male and 37% female, ...Mage = 26.93 years, SD = 5.94 years; Study 2: n = 303, 59% male and 41% female, Mage = 26.13 years, SD = 7.05 years), including one during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of Study 1 showed that obsessive passion was positively related to negative emotions, whereas harmonious passion was negatively related to negative and positively to positive emotions. In turn, negative emotions positively related to academic procrastination, while positive emotions prevented it. Study 2 replicated the model of Study 1 and extended it to include the role of students' passion and emotions towards their favorite non-academic activity as predictors of academic procrastination. The results of Study 2 showed that passion and emotions for other activities also predict academic procrastination over and beyond academic passion and emotions. These findings provide support for the role of passion and emotions in academic and leisure settings as predictors of academic procrastination behaviors and yield theoretical and practical implications.
•Students procrastinate on tasks that they love.•Obsessive passion is related to negative emotions and more procrastination.•Harmonious passion is related to positive emotions and less procrastination.•Passion and emotions for other activities also predict procrastination.
Spectators can engage in high levels of verbal aggression toward youth hockey officials. Often, the perpetrators of this aggression are the parents. Our aim was to test the motivational factors ...involved in explaining why hockey parents sometimes take things too far and engage in verbally aggressive behavior toward officials. We reasoned that verbal aggression toward officials would be a function of two forms of motivational imbalance. First, in line with the dualistic model of passion, we hypothesized that verbal aggression would be positively associated with hockey parents’ obsessive passion, an imbalanced form of passion. Also, based on the compensatory model of passion, we predicted that obsessive passion would be associated with imbalanced psychological need satisfaction involving high need satisfaction from being a hockey parent, but low global need satisfaction. We administered online surveys to Canadian hockey parents (N = 992) assessing their verbal aggression toward officials, passion for being a hockey parent, and psychological need satisfaction from being a hockey parent and in general. Using structural equation modeling, we found support for a model in which high need satisfaction from being a hockey parent and low need satisfaction in general were associated with obsessive passion. Obsessive passion, in turn, was associated with greater verbal aggression toward referees. These findings help reveal why some hockey parents insult, threaten, and engage in other forms of verbal aggression toward officials. They also highlight the importance of maintaining motivational balance among sport parents.
•Obsessive passion was associated with greater verbal aggression toward referees.•Need satisfaction from being a hockey parent predicted higher obsessive passion.•General levels of need satisfaction predicted lower obsessive passion.
Orientation: It is not clear from research whether the dualistic model holds true across binary ethnic and gender groups in the South African organisational context.Research purpose: The present ...research aimed to test the validity and reliability of the two-factor Passion Scale and to assess for measurement invariance of the two-factor scale across binary ethnic and gender groups in the South African context.Motivation of the study: The construct of passion helps to better understand some of the psychological attributes that contribute to experiences of either well-being or strain at work and is therefore an important attribute to measure.Research approach, design and method: The study involved a convenience sample (N = 550) of managerial and staff-level South African employees from various industries with a mean age of 34 years (SD = 10.95). Confirmatory factor analysis, exploratory structural equation modelling, t-tests and tests for measurement invariance were performed.Main findings: The results confirmed the validity and measurement invariance of the two-factor structure of the Passion Scale in the South African work context. The observed differences between the ethnic groups and men and women were practically small.Practical/managerial implications: Well-being interventions should consider the use of the Passion Scale as a measure of the psychological attributes that explain differentiating experiences of harmonious and obsessive passion in the workplace.Contribution/value-add: The findings provided encouraging evidence for the relevance and usefulness of the Passion Scale’s dualistic model of passion for people of different binary ethnic and gender groups in South African organisations.
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