Background and aims Recently, empirical research has linked obsessive passion to the etiology of exercise addiction, and the conceptual reason behind the fact that the latter is more prevalent in athletes than leisure exercisers has been challenged. The aim of this study was to determine the link between exercise addiction and harmonious passion, obsessive passion, and dedication to sports, in ...

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Objectives: To examine the interplay between harmonious and obsessive passion and aggressive behavior in sports. It was hypothesized that players who are obsessively-passionate about basketball should report higher levels of aggressive behaviors than harmoniously-passionate players in general, and especially under self threat. Methods: Using the Dualistic Model of Passion (Vallerand et al. (200...

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...

We are developing a software system called PASSION: Parallel And Scalable Software for InputOutput which provides software support for high performance parallel I/O. PASSION provides support at the language, compiler, runtime as well as le system level. PASSION provides runtime procedures for parallel access to les (read/write), as well as for out-of-core computations. These routines can either...

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...

Introduction: This study set out to investigate the efficacy of training through emotion-focused therapy (EFT) on the improvement of marital passion. Correspondence: Mohammad Baghban, PhD Student. Young Researchers and Elite Club Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch. Marvdasht, Iran Tel:+9...

Based on a motivational perspective of passion, we investigated the associations between passion for the Internet and level of self-determined motivation toward the couple’s relationship. Our results show that an obsessive passion toward the Internet was associated with lower self-determination in the couple, greater conflict in the relationship, and low levels of dyadic adjustment. In contrast...

This study examined the psychometric properties of an adolescent version of the 'triangular love scale' (TLS), which assesses three components of romantic relationships: intimacy, passion, and commitment. Using data from 435 Dutch adolescents aged 12-18 years, we found evidence for convergent validity, showing that dimensions of intimacy, passion, and commitment were all positively correlated w...