Digital gaming is fast becoming a favorite activity all over the world. Yet very few studies have examined the underlying motivational processes involved in digital gaming. One motivational force that receives little attention in psychology is passion, which could help us understand the motivation of gamers. The purpose of the present study was to identify subgroups of young people with distinc...

Objectives: To examine the relationship between passion (i.e., love for an activity that is valued for which and a great deal of time is invested) for exercise and exercise dependence symptoms. Design: A cross-sectional correlational survey design was utilised. Method: A total of 480 participants (n 1⁄4 275 females, n 1⁄4 205 males; Mage 1⁄4 18.58, SD 1⁄4 1.66) completed the Leisure Time Exerci...

Abstract Although inspired by the nineteenth-century term ‘Silk Road(s)’, phrase ‘Maritime Silk Road’ has its own origins, connotations, and applications. This article examines emergence of latter as a China-centric concept various entanglements since early 1980s, involving People’s Republic China’s (PRC) political bodies, academia, ‘open door’ policy, pursuit World Heritage listings, current ‘...

A body so light, it floatedacross wind-whipped wavesand did not sink. So full of life,it survived empty forty days,no wheat for nights.A blindingly pure,its hands purified other bodies.This drew the first sunrise,still wept at a friend's last breath.This light was floggedand trapped and displayed.Had life squeezed out throughstripes. Suffered bruises andis still scarred from woundsso I could be...

He replied that while on a previous surgical rotation in another state, residents were “mean to one another and mean to the medical students.” He went on to say that the surgical residency program was very hierarchical and medical students “weren’t allowed” to speak with senior level residents let alone speak with the attending surgical staff. The student related being the target of verbal abus...

The purpose of the present paper is to present a new conceptualisation on passion for activities, the Dualistic Model of Passion (Vallerand et al., 2003) and an overview of related research. Passion is defined as a strong inclination toward an activity that people like, find important, and in which they invest time and energy. This model further posits the existence of two types of passion each...