Passion: Does one scale fit all? Construct validity of two-factor passion scale and psychometric invariance over different activities and languages.
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The passion scale, based on the dualistic model of passion, measures 2 distinct types of passion: Harmonious and obsessive passions are predictive of adaptive and less adaptive outcomes, respectively. In a substantive-methodological synergy, we evaluate the construct validity (factor structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity) of Passion Scale responses (N = 3,571). The exploratory structural equation model fit to the data was substantially better than the confirmatory factor analysis solution, and resulted in better differentiated (less correlated) factors. Results from a 13-model taxonomy of measurement invariance supported complete invariance (factor loadings, factor correlations, item uniquenesses, item intercepts, and latent means) over language (French vs. English; the instrument was originally devised in French, then translated into English) and gender. Strong measurement partial invariance over 5 passion activity groups (leisure, sport, social, work, education) indicates that the same set of items is appropriate for assessing passion across a wide variety of activities--a previously untested, implicit assumption that greatly enhances practical utility. Support was found for the convergent and discriminant validity of the harmonious and obsessive passion scales, based on a set of validity correlates: life satisfaction, rumination, conflict, time investment, activity liking and valuation, and perceiving the activity as a passion.
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The meta-analysis included only studies that measured harmonious and obsessive passion using the Passion Scale.
“harmonious and obsessive passion were measured using the Passion Scale (Vallerand et al., 2003; Marsh et al., 2013)”
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- Authors
- Marsh, H. W., Vallerand, R. J., Lafrenière, M.-A. K., Parker, P., Morin, A. J. S., Carbonneau, N., Jowett, S., Bureau, J. S., Fernet, C., Guay, F., Salah Abduljabbar, A., & Paquet, Y.
- Affiliations
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Loughborough University (GB)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- University of Reunion Island (RE)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Psychological Assessment
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 796-809
- ISSN
- 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-134X
- OpenAlex
- W2083282455
- Cited by
- 420
- References
- 11
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- 30.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Corpus Université Laval (Université Laval) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Educational Research Studies
- Keywords
- passion, harmonious passion, obsessive passion, dualistic model of passion, Passion Scale, construct validity, measurement invariance, psychometric invariance, language invariance, gender invariance, activity types, leisure, sport, work, life satisfaction, rumination, time investment
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Emotions, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Obsessive Behavior, Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult
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