Obsessive Passion Research Articles

Unpacking the effect of gamified virtual CSR cocreated on users’ pro-environmental behavior: A holistic view of gamification affordance

With the explosive growth in gamified mobile apps, many enterprises are using virtual corporate-social-responsibility (CSR) cocreation activities to strengthen consumer-brand interactions. However, research on the mechanism by which gamification affordance is imputed into virtual CSR cocreation to improve users' pro-environmental behavior is still lacking. Based on the “affordance-psychological outcomes-behavior outcomes” framework, this study explores the influence mechanism of gamification affordance on users' pro-environmental behavior in virtual CSR cocreation from the perspective of users' passion. Collecting 232 samples through two waves, this study reveals that all gamification affordances (reward, achievement, competition and playfulness) can predict users’ pro-environmental behavior. Second, harmonious passion mediates the effects of holistic gamification affordance and obsessive passion mediates the effects of achievement and playfulness affordance on users' pro-environmental behavior. This study can therefore promote user participation in CSR cocreation and foster the implementation of pro-environmental behavior through gamification affordance in practice.

Changes in basic psychological needs, passion, and well-being of first-semester graduate students

Objective Examine changes in graduate student health and well-being in the first semester. Participants Full-time, first-semester graduate students (N = 74) from a midsized midwestern university. Method Graduate students were surveyed prior to starting their master’s program and 10 weeks later. Passion for academics, basic psychological needs, physical and mental health symptoms, positive and negative affects, and quality of life were assessed. Results Need satisfaction, harmonious passion, and indicators of well-being decreased across the first semester, whereas need frustration and indicators of ill-being increased over the first semester. Obsessive passion, harmonious passion, need satisfaction, and need frustration were associated with students’ well-being at the end of the semester, with need frustration being the most robust predictor. Conclusions Although most graduate students reported good general health and moderately low mental health symptoms, findings suggest that a need supportive environment may contribute to better health and well-being.

한국여자프로골프 3부투어 선수가 인지하는 지도자 역할과 운동열정, 운동탈진 및 인지된 경기력의 관계

The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data for instructing all the golf aspirants and Korea Ladies Semi-Professional Golf(jump tour) players that can be only found in Korea and aims for the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association and World Professional Golf Tour.In the results of analyzing the effects of perceived role of coach on exercise passion, exercise exhaustion, and perceived performance of Korea Ladies Semi-Professional Golf players targeting total 121 out of 128 players who participated in jump tour, who were registered as associate members in the KLPGA, the conclusions were obtained as follows.BR First, in the results of analyzing the effects of perceived role of coach on exercise passion, exercise exhaustion, and perceived performance of Korea Ladies Semi-Professional Golf players, the characteristics of coach as a subfactor of role of coach had significant effects on obsessive passion and harmonious passion as subfactors of exercise passion, lack of achievement as a subfactor of exercise exhaustion, and perceived performance. Third, in the results of analyzing the effects of exercise passion on exercise exhaustion and perceived performance of Korea Ladies Semi-Professional Golf players, the obsessive passion as a subfactor of exercise passion had significant effects on psychological-physical exhaustion and lack of achievement as subfactors of exercise exhaustion. The basic passion of exercise passion had significant effects on worthlessness as a subfactor of exercise exhaustion while the harmonious passion as a subfactor of exercise passion had significant effects on worthlessness, psychological-physical exhaustion, and lack of achievement as subfactors of exercise exhaustion. Fourth, in the results of analyzing the effects of exercise exhaustion on perceived performance of Korea Ladies Semi-Professional Golf players, the lack of achievement as a subfactor of exercise exhaustion had significant effects on perceived performance.

An exploratory examination of the relationship between harmonious and obsessive passion and specific symptoms of exercise dependence

ABSTRACT The present study aimed to examine the differential association between (i) harmonious and obsessive forms of passion for exercise (HP and OP, respectively) and (ii) specific exercise dependence symptoms. Self-reported cross-sectional data from 618 Spanish regular exercisers aged from 18 to 36 years (M age = 21.15, SD age = 2.78, 39.80% females) were analysed using multiple-indicators-multiple-causes (MIMIC) models with a maximum-likelihood robust (MLR) estimation method. In these analyses, gender, age, perceived health status, exercise frequency, risk of eating disorders, and depressive symptoms were considered as potential confounding variables. The results showed that HP contributed to explaining significant proportions of variance in three specific exercise dependence symptoms (time, tolerance, and continuance), while OP contributed to explaining significant proportions of variance across the full range of exercise dependence symptoms. The variance explained by the regression models ranged from 23.50% (for withdrawal symptoms) to 54.70% (for time symptoms). These findings support the differential nature of the potential causal relationships between the autonomous and controlled processes of behavioural internalisation inherent to HP and OP, respectively, for exercise and specific exercise dependence symptoms. The controlled behavioural internalisation processes characterising OP (i.e., those involving exercise engagement under contingencies not necessarily endorsed by the individual) may be particularly maladaptive according to their specific and positive relationship with the full range of exercise dependence symptoms.

An integrated model to study workplace passion and job satisfaction among hotel employees: an emerging market perspective

PurposeThe present study is intended to examine the association between work passion (WP) (obsessive and harmonious) and job satisfaction (JS) of hotel employees in India. It further examines the mediating influence of psychological empowerment (PE) and organizational identification (OI) on the relationship. The study has taken conservation of resources (COR) perspectives to support the association.Design/methodology/approachThis research work has used a time lag survey on a sample of 290 employees belonging to hotels located in four states of India. Structural equation modeling was utilized to test the hypothesized relationship.FindingsResults derived from path analysis proved the hypothesized relationships. OI and PE were found to be the complementary mediators between workplace passion and JS.Research limitations/implicationsThe study was conducted on hotels, the research can be further expanded to other industries. Future research might examine the effect of increased WP, strong organizational identity and increased JS on some of the citizenship behaviors. The present study data were collected using self-report questionnaires; no data were collected to find out whether the passion for work or stronger OI with the hotel is an outcome of some unique initiative taken by their respective hotels.Practical implicationsTop officials can promote entrepreneurial culture, form employee-friendly policies, develop a climate of trust which in return will facilitate the cognitive as well as emotional satisfaction with the organization fostering WP and JS.Originality/valueThe researchers in past have mostly studied the harmonious passion and JS association but there is a dearth of studies exploring the obsessive passion and JS relationship in the Indian context. In addition, associating OI and PE in predicting JS can also add as a unique contribution to the literature.

Passionately demanding: Work passion's role in the relationship between work demands and affective well-being at work.

In a world marked by exponential change, work demands are intensifying and becoming increasingly prominent in organizations' reality. Work demands are stressors for the employees who must deal with these requests as they bring with them costs. Promoting these workers' well-being at work is important as their level of comfort is closely related to how they will behave in the workplace. In this context, work passion is a fundamental factor in employees' daily motivation to work well. This study tested a new approach to work demands, distinguishing between challenges and obstacles, exploring how they influence affective well-being at work when work passion is part of the equation. Individual workers also participate in how demands are formulated, which affects their level of well-being at the workplace. Data were collected with an online questionnaire administered to a sample of 515 participants who had been working in the same organization for at least 6 months. The results of multiple regression analysis show that the way demands are revealed influences what kind of work passion predominates and thus how much workers' well-being at work is altered. Harmonious passion emerges as a personal resource that has the power to prevent negative affective states related to work from developing, while obsessive passion ends up putting even more demands on employees and having a stronger negative association with their affective well-being in the workplace.

The perceived effects of spirituality, work-life integration and mediating role of work passion to millennial or gen Y employees’ mental health

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the link between spirituality, work-life integration, work passion and mental health among millennial employees. It also tests the mediating effect of the dualistic model of work passion in the framework.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional quantitative design was adopted using samples of 167 millennial employees from the education and service sectors. Results were analysed using Statistical Package of Social Science, Process macro extension and AMOS modelling software.FindingsThe findings indicated that millennials’ spirituality was positively linked to harmonious passion, while work-life integration was positively linked with obsessive and high mental health symptoms. Mediating effects were also discovered in which harmonious passion fully mediated the positive relationship between spirituality and mental health symptoms. While obsessive passion partially mediated work-life integration and mental health symptoms.Originality/valueThis paper highlights the mediating influence of millennials’ work passion for explaining their mental health symptoms. It also suggests the practicality and essential roles of spirituality and work-life integration in managing the mental health of existing and future millennials in the workforce.

Passionate leaders behaving badly: Why do leaders become obsessively passionate and engage in abusive supervision?

While extant passion research has predominantly highlighted the benefits of work passion, such passion may also have a dark side and provoke negative behaviors that harm others. This work examines abusive supervision as an outcome of leaders' obsessive work passion, and explores leaders' importance of performance to self-esteem (IPSE) as an antecedent of such passion. We test our predictions across two studies. In an initial test of whether leaders' obsessive passion (OP) is predicted by their IPSE and predicts abusive supervision, Study 1 employs a time-lagged sample of leader-subordinate dyads and examines abusive supervision as reported by subordinates. Study 2 expands on the model by incorporating two components of burnout, exhaustion, and disengagement, as explanatory mechanisms linking leader OP to abusive supervision as reported by supervisors. Overall, we find that high-IPSE leaders are more likely than their low-IPSE counterparts to develop obsessive work passion, which then contributes to their exhaustion and disengagement, ultimately resulting in higher abusive supervision. Implications for work passion research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

The Role of Passion in Self-Oriented Versus Team-Oriented Decision-Making in Team Sports.

This study investigated the role of passion and achievement goals in making self-oriented and team-oriented decisions. Based on the Dualistic Model of Passion, it was hypothesized that in the context of collective sports, harmonious passion should lead to the adoption of mostly mastery goals, which in turn should lead to a more team-oriented decision-making. Conversely, obsessive passion should be related to the adoption of all three types of goals but mostly to performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals, which in turn should lead to a more self-oriented decision process. A total of 253 basketball players completed measures of passion and achievement goals in sport. They then were exposed to basketball scenarios and indicated their likelihood to act in a self-oriented or team-oriented manner. Results from structural equation modeling supported the hypotheses and lead to several implications for future research.

무용수의 자기관리와 무용열정 및 공연자신감의 관계

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among dancers’ self-management, dance passion, and performance confidence.BR Method: In this study, 203 copies of dancers’ data were used for thfein al analysis. Frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were performed through the SPSS 23 program for data processing.BR Results: The results of this study are as follows. 1) Interpersonal management and mental management of self-management of dancers had a significant effect on harmonious passion, and interpersonal management, mental management, and training management of self-management had a significant effect on obsessive passion. 2) Dancers’ interpersonal management and mental management of self-management were shown to have a significant effect on confidence in performance, and mental management of selfmanagement and training management was found to have a significant effect on confidence in national performance. 3) The harmonious passion of dance passion had a igsnificant effect on the characteristic performance confidence, and the harmonious passion and obsessive passion of dance passion had a significant effect on state performance confidence.BR Conclusion: Therefore, to improve dancers’ confidence in perofrmance, self-management and psychological effects of the factors of dance passion are required.

Dynamics and moderating factors of esport participation and loneliness: A daily diary study

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between esport participation and loneliness, as well as its moderating factors. Chinese college students (N = 216) self-reported their esport playing time and degree of loneliness each day immediately before bedtime for four consecutive weeks. The findings revealed that as playing time increased, students did not experience reduced sense of loneliness during playing esport, but they experienced a temporary and intensified feeling of loneliness the same day following gameplay. Students with higher general loneliness tended to feel more after-game loneliness associated with increased esport participation. Students with higher obsessive passion about esport tended to experience more loneliness (both in-game and after-game) associated with increased esport participation. Students with greater coping motivation about esport tended to experience more in-game loneliness associated with previous increased esport participation. Students who played esport less often with friends in person, or with more escape motivation toward esport, tended to increase esport participation time more following previous increased after-game loneliness. The findings suggested that college students should avoid utilizing esport to achieve a sense of belonging and should be cautious of the loneliness-inducing effect after gameplay. A healthy level of loneliness can be maintained by playing esport more with friends in person, learning strategies to avoid obsessive passion, coping motivation, and escape motivation towards esport.

How physical activity and passion color the passage of time: A response with ultra-trail runners.

The aim of this study was to replicate the results of a lengthening effect caused by physical activity already observed in duration length judgment, using the time passage judgment measure, while exploring the effects of passion types (obsessive vs. harmonious) on time perception. A total of 378 ultra-trail runners responded to an online questionnaire in which the type of passion and the passage of time (PoT) judgments associated with both an ultra-trail context and a non-trail daily context were collected. The results showed that participants systematically judged the time as being dilated in a situation of sports practice, thus extending the results obtained in interval duration judgment studies. This study also showed an influence of the type of passion: higher levels of harmonious passion were related to greater feelings of time dilation, while higher levels of obsessive passion were related to greater feelings of both time contraction and time dilation. Results are discussed in light of the two major factors that influence the PoT referenced in the literature, namely, attention and happiness level.

Obsessive passion, opportunity recognition, and entrepreneurial performance: The dual moderating effect of the fear of failure.

A strong inclination toward an important or preferred activity is a critical factor that drives individual to engage in corresponding activities. This study focuses on how entrepreneurs, influenced by obsessive passion, are motivated to put great effort into taking advantage of business opportunities and accomplishing entrepreneurial goals. By using SPSS and AMOS tools to analyze the multi-source questionnaire of 208 entrepreneurs, the research results show that obsessive passion can promote entrepreneurial performance and opportunity recognition plays a mediating role. In addition, endogenous and exogenous fear of failure play different moderating roles in the effect of obsessive passion on opportunity recognition. The research conclusion deepens the theoretical understanding of entrepreneurial passion, opportunity recognition, and fear of failure at a more subtle level.

Passion for an activity and its role on affect: Does personality and the type of activity matter?

While personality traits play a crucial role in a person's general affect, passion for an activity has been shown to partially mediate this relationship, with harmonious passion generally related to positive affect and obsessive passion to negative affect. However, activities are not all the same with some characterized as having "positive" consequences while others as having "negative" consequences. This study examines how passions manifest for two popular activities: physical exercise, an activity with in general "positive" consequences, and social media, an activity with potentially both "positive" and "negative" consequences. We replicate and extend earlier studies which have relied on baskets of heterogenous self-reported activities without distinguishing between activities. We find that, when fully controlling for personality, obsessive passion for physical exercise is positively associated with positive affect while obsessive passion for social media is positively associated with negative affect. However, harmonious passion for either activity has no significant association with any affect. Further, we find that passions for physical exercise relate with conscientiousness while passions for social media with neuroticism.

Psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Rigid and Flexible Persistence Scale in a Brazilian professional sample

Persistence involves the intention to maintain efforts when faced with obstacles and challenges, in order to achieve a specific goal. The Rigid and Flexible Persistence Scale (RFPS) is a self-report measure that assesses persistence that is theoretically derived from the premises of the Dualistic Model of Passion. The aim of the present research was to adapt the RFPS to Brazilian Portuguese and to estimate its evidence of validity and reliability in the context of work. Participants were 400 professionals, 55.8% women, aged between 18 and 68 years. The results indicate that the RFPS presented validity evidence based on the content. Corresponding to the theoretical expectations, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated adequacy of the structure composed of two factors, explaining 75% of the data variance, with good levels of reliability. The RFPS also revealed strong invariance across gender and work conditions (in-person vs remote). Flexible persistence showed positive association with harmonious passion and occupational self-efficacy. Conversely, rigid persistence showed positive association with obsessive passion. It was observed a mediational role of occupational self-efficacy in the relationship between harmonious passion and flexible persistence. Overall, the findings suggest that the RFPS is an adequate measure of persistence in a Brazilian occupational sample.

Supplemental Material for The Two Faces of Persistence: How Harmonious and Obsessive Passion Shape Goal Pursuit

Supplemental Material for The Two Faces of Persistence: How Harmonious and Obsessive Passion Shape Goal Pursuit

초등 일반 학생과 과학영재 학생의 과학 학업 열정과 과학 긍정 경험의 관계

This study investigated the relationship between science academic passion and positive experience about science of elementary general and science-gifted students. To do this, 4th-6th grade students (n=90) at elementary schools and 4th-6th grade students (n=126) at gifted science education institutes in Seoul were selected. Tests for science academic passion and positive experience about science were then administered and correlation analysis between the two variables was performed. Analysis of the results revealed all subcategories of science academic passion had significantly positive relationships with all subcategories of positive experience about science. The degree of correlation between subcategories of science academic passion and subcategories of positive experience about science differ significantly in some correlations (correlations between ‘importance’ and ‘science academic emotion’, ‘importance’ and ‘science learning motivation’, and ‘harmonious passion’ and ‘science-related self-concept’) between general students and science-gifted students. The degree of correlation between science academic passion and positive experience about science were also somewhat different according to each subcategory of the two variables. And this tendency was similar between general students and science-gifted students in the subcategories (‘importance’, ‘like’, and ‘time/energy investment’) corresponding to “intensity” of science academic passion, but there was a slight difference between general students and science-gifted students in the subcategories (‘harmonious passion’ and ‘obsessive passion’) corresponding to “type”. Educational implications of these findings are discussed.

Image of Everyday Creativity. An Individual Case of a Person with Passion

Abstract The goal of the present study is to showcase the relation of creativity and passion, captured from the perspective of an analysis of experiences, subjective encounters, and feelings of an everyday creator, as well as analysis of their products. Basing on qualitative analysis of an individual case of a person with passion, the paper presents an image of their everyday creativity. In our research, we referred to the principles of everyday creativity (Richards, 1999, 2007, 2010). Analysis of the results of The Dualistic Model of Passion (Vallerand et al., 2003; Vallerand, 2008, 2010, 2015) became the theoretical frame of reference in our pursuits of the role passion plays in the examined person’s creativity. We conducted an analysis of the process and effects of everyday creativity of this individual in the context of two dimensions of harmonious and obsessive passion (Vallerand, 2015). Additionally, we analyzed and interpreted qualitative material in the context of the concept of Flow (Csíkszentmihályi, 1996) and Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Duckworth et al., 2007; Duckworth & Quinn, 2009; Duckworth, 2016). We analyzed traits of the examined everyday creator in the context of the Big-Five concept of personality (McCrae, 1987; McCrae & Costa, 1999). The research shows that using the theory of passion to analyze an individual’s everyday creativity can reveal two extremely different images of a person’s creative works, their personality, as well as the creative process itself. These images are differentiated by harmonious passion and obsessive passion, considered here as disparate sources of creativity.

Passion for Violently Themed Music and Psychological Well-Being: A Survey Analysis.

While the benefits to mood and well-being from passionate engagement with music are well-established, far less is known about the relationship between passion for explicitly violently themed music and psychological well-being. The present study employed the Dualistic Model of Passion to investigate whether harmonious passion (i.e., passionate engagement that is healthily balanced with other life activities) predicts positive music listening experiences and/or psychological well-being in fans of violently themed music. We also investigated whether obsessive passion (i.e., uncontrollable passionate engagement with an activity) predicts negative music listening experiences and/or psychological ill-being. Fans of violently themed music (N = 177) completed the passion scale, scale of positive and negative affective experiences, and various psychological well- and ill-being measures. As hypothesised, harmonious passion for violently themed music significantly predicted positive affective experiences which, in turn, predicted psychological well-being. Obsessive passion for violently themed music significantly predicted negative affective experiences which, in turn, predicted ill-being. Findings support the Dualistic Model of Passion, and suggest that even when music engagement includes violent content, adaptive outcomes are often experienced. We propose that the nature of one's passion for music is more influential in predicting well-being than the content or valence of the lyrical themes.

A systematic review of the factors associated with athlete burnout in team sports

ABSTRACT Athlete burnout is a psychological syndrome with substantial negative consequences, including depression and sport dropout. It has been linked to a range of factors, some of which may vary across different sport-types. This review is the first to synthesise variables examined in relation to burnout in team-sports specifically. An online search of seven relevant databases yielded 59 papers examining 123 burnout correlates. Eligible papers were peer-reviewed, quantitative empirical studies, which assessed burnout using the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire. Results are reported in-line with PRISMA guidelines. Weighted meta-analysis (WMA) assessed the strength of the relationship between burnout dimensions and 18 variables examined across ≥3 samples. A narrative synthesis of the remaining cross-sectional, longitudinal and mediating/moderating relationships provides a comprehensive overview of the literature. Burnout displayed a negative relationship with autonomy, competence, relatedness, self-determined motivation, positive affect, autonomy supportive coach, harmonious passion, self-oriented perfectionism and social support, and a positive relationship with amotivation, negative affect, obsessive passion, socially-prescribed perfectionism, ego-involving climate, playing experience and controlling coach style in the WMA. Some variability in relationships was identified across the dimensions of burnout. The results highlight the key factors associated with the dimension of burnout in team sports, which may inform targeted intervention strategies.