2 According to the standard Aristotelian picture, in any given instance of motion or change the action and the passion are the very same entity – namely, the motion that exists within the subject and hence outside the agent. This entity can be looked at in two ways. Insofar as it emanates from the agent, it is called an action; insofar as it is received within the patient, it is called a passio...

Based on the theory of emotional contagion and goal content, this study explored the positive associations between a leader's work passion and employees' work passion. This study investigated 364 employees and their immediate leaders from China, constructed a moderated mediation model, and used SPSS-PROCESS in conjunction with the Johnson-Neyman technique to analyze the data. The results showed...

The purpose of the study was to examine the triangular theory of love in China and the United States. It was predicted that intimacy, passion, and commitment would increase in both cultures as the relationship becomes more serious. It was also predicted that intimacy and passion would be higher in romantic relationships in the US than in China, and that commitment would be higher in China than ...

This study explored the relationship between obsessive passion for work and incivility instigations, as well as the moderating role of a mastery motivational climate. A longitudinal, 3-wave study was conducted among 1,263 employees from a large Norwegian workers' union across a 10-month time span. The results show that obsessive passion for work relates positively to incivility instigations and...

Passion is defined as a strong inclination toward an activity that people like, that they find important, and in which they invest time and energy. Two types of passion are proposed: obsessive and harmonious. Obsessive passion (OP) refers to a controlled internalization of an activity in one's identity that creates an internal pressure to engage in the activity that the person likes. Harmonious...

The article examines family relationships shown in the poetic cycle entitled Delightful Garden of God’s Love by Adrian Wieszczycki. Attention is drawn to status Holy Family, especially figures Mary and Jesus, their role work salvation was analyzed. It noticed that Mother God her Son – apart from strictly human relationship are connected a bond goes beyond canon traditional family, thus accepted...

BACKGROUND Passion has been shown to be involved in psychological processes that emerge in diverse human activities like physical activity and sports, work, leisure, videogaming, pathological gambling, and interpersonal relationships. We aimed to present evidence of validity and internal consistency of the Passion Scale in Spanish based on the Dualistic Model of Passion, comprising harmonious a...

The author is a believing Christian, who is much puzzled by the fact that "as yet the Christian Church has (not) come to an open and satisfactory solution" of the problem of the dynamic power of man's sexual nature in the context of the New Testament. Indeed, she states that "the eroticism of the normal man has never found a comfortable place within the institution of Christian marriage". With ...

Productivity of 'yellow' passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims. f. flavicarpa O. Deg.) is reduced by infection with Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV). We examined resistance in 72 yellow passion fruit plants grown from open-pollinated commercial seed. Plants were mechanically inoculated with CABMV virus and maintained in the field in order to select contrasting genotypes for resistance. I...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the antecedents and consequences of gambling passion using structural equation modeling to examine relationships among gambling motivation, passion, emotion, and behavioral intentions in the horse racing industry. METHODS An onsite survey was conducted with 447 patrons at a horseracing park in South Korea. A confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Gambli...