Passion for an activity and quality of interpersonal relationships: The mediating role of emotions.
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Our purpose in this research was to investigate the role of passion (Vallerand et al., 2003) for a given activity in the quality of interpersonal relationships experienced within the context of that activity in 4 studies. Study 1 demonstrated that a harmonious passion was positively associated with the quality of interpersonal relationships within the context of the passionate activity, whereas an obsessive passion was unrelated to it. Furthermore, in line with the broaden-and-build theory (Fredrickson, 2001), results also showed that positive emotions experienced at work fully mediated the relation between harmonious passion and quality of interpersonal relationships. Obsessive passion was not associated with positive emotions. Study 2 replicated the results from Study 1 while controlling for trait extraversion. Also, in Study 2, we examined the negative mediating role of negative emotions between obsessive passion and quality of interpersonal relationships. Finally, Studies 3 and 4 replicated the results of Study 2 with prospective designs and with objective ratings of interpersonal relationships quality. Implications for the dualistic model of passion and the broaden-and-build theory are discussed.
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Harmonious passion leads to the experience of positive affect and protects against negative affect.
“Thus, harmonious passion leads to the experience of positive affect and protects against negative affect (see Philippe et al. 2010; Vallerand 2010).”
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Regularly engaging in a meaningful activity out of harmonious passion leads to positive affect and protection against negative affect.
“research on passion has systematically found that regularly engaging in a meaningful activity out of harmonious passion leads to the experience of positive affect and the protection against negative affect”
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Obsessive passion leads to negative affect and is either unrelated or weakly related to positive affect during task engagement.
“while obsessive passion leads to negative affect and is either unrelated or weakly related to positive affect during task engagement (e.g., Philippe et al. 2010; Vallerand et al. 2003, Study 1; Vallerand et al. 2006, Studies 2 and 3).”
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- Authors
- Philippe, F. L., Vallerand, R. J., Houlfort, N., Lavigne, G. L., & Donahue, E. G.
- Affiliations
- Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 98
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 917-932
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2016549699
- Cited by
- 324
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 19.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Keywords
- passion, harmonious passion, obsessive passion, interpersonal relationships, relationship quality, positive emotions, negative emotions, broaden-and-build theory, dualistic model of passion, extraversion, workplace relationships
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Basketball, Emotions, Extraversion, Psychological, Female, Group Processes, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Leadership, Male, Models, Psychological, Motivation, Obsessive Behavior, Personality Inventory, Prospective Studies, Psychometrics, Social Identification, Young Adult
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