Harmonious and Obsessive Passion for the Internet: Their Associations With the Couple's Relationship<sup>1</sup>

Seguin-Levesque, Chantal; Lalibertea, Marie Lyne N.; Pelletier, Luc G.; Blanchard, Cealine; Vallerand, Robert J.

doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb02079.x

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“…The dualistic model of passion has previously been applied to Internet use (Seguin-Levesque, Laliberte, Pelletier, Blanchard, & Vallerand, 2003) and video gaming domains (Wang, Khoo, Liu, & Divaharan, 2008), and thus provides a means for assessing "wanting to" versus "having to" play. Results from these previous studies have shown that players often engage in computer activities through a harmonious passion: They have a strong inclination to engage that feels consistent with abiding values and motivations.…”

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A Motivational Model of Video Game Engagement

Przybylski

Rigby

Ryan

2010

Review of General Psychology

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More Americans now play video games than go to the movies (NPD Group, 2009). The meteoric rise in popularity of video games highlights the need for research approaches that can deepen our scientific understanding of video game engagement. This article advances a theory-based motivational model for examining and evaluating the ways by which video game engagement shapes psychological processes and influences well-being. Rooted in self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000;Ryan & Deci, 2000a), our approach suggests that both the appeal and well-being effects of video games are based in their potential to satisfy basic psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness. We review recent empirical evidence applying this perspective to a number of topics including need satisfaction in games and short-term well-being, the motivational appeal of violent game content, motivational sources of postplay aggression, the antecedents and consequences of disordered patterns of game engagement, and the determinants and effects of immersion. Implications of this model for the future study of game motivation and the use of video games in interventions are discussed.Keywords: self-determination theory, motivation, video games Psychological research examining video games is presently undergoing a dramatic shift in focus. Until very recently, the preponderance of research in video games has been concern-focused, with studies aimed at identifying the potential negative effects of gaming. Specific foci of these research programs have included the relations between gaming and increased aggression, social isolation, and overuse (Anderson & Bushman, 2001;Grüsser, Thalemann, & Griffiths, 2007). Yet, more recently, a number of researchers have become intervention-focused, hoping to harness the magnetic motivational appeal of video games to help relieve pain and stress or customizing games for educational or health-related interventions (for a review, see Baranowski, Buday, Thompson, & Baranowski, 2008). Increasingly, intervention-focused researchers are demonstrating that games can positively influence both psychological and physical well-being.Although the goals of both concern-focused and interventionfocused research are dissimilar, both share a descriptive research approach: The methods and theories they employ evaluate the extent to which video games exert positive, negative, or no influence on specified outcomes under a given set of circumstances. What is less well understood and less widely studied are the mechanisms that underlie these positive and negative links.In this article, we outline a theory-based empirical model for understanding and evaluating the processes through which video games motivate sustained engagement, and how experiences with these games affect the psychological and physical well-being of players. Our approach is based on self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000;Ryan & Deci, 2000a), a macrotheory of human motivation that is principally concerned with the potential of social contexts to prov...

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Section: Having Versus Wanting To Playmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Motivational Model of Video Game Engagement

Przybylski

Rigby

Ryan

2010

Review of General Psychology

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676

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“…Thus, playing basketball is no longer about winning games but has become an all-consuming part of his life and identity. As a consequence, obsessive passion has been associated with unfavorable consequences such as conflict in other life domains, negative affect during and after activity engagement (e.g., increased rumination, anxiety, negative mood, and guilt; Ratelle et al, 2004;Vallerand et al, 2003), and interpersonal conflicts (Séguin-Levesque et al, 2003).…”

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How Harmonious and Obsessive Passion for Alcohol and Marijuana Relate to Consumption and Negative Consequences

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Hove

et al. 2015

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Although the concepts of harmonious and obsessive passion have been productive in explaining why people eagerly engage in such activities as sports, Internet use, and gambling, previous research has not yet extended these models to explain alcohol and marijuana use among college students. The current research was conducted to clarify the relationships among harmonious and obsessive passion, alcohol and marijuana use, and negative consequences. Method: Two studies were conducted using online assessments. In Study 1, 748 heavy drinking college students (58% female) were recruited and completed measures of passion for drinking alcohol, alcohol use, and alcohol-related negative consequences. In Study 2, 352 regular marijuana-using students (54% female) were recruited and completed assessments of marijuana passion, marijuana use, and marijuana-related consequences. Results:Study 1 found that among heavy drinking college students, harmonious passion was a stronger predictor of increased consumption than was obsessive passion, whereas obsessive passion was a stronger predictor of alcohol-related problems than was harmonious passion. Study 2 revealed similar findings with regard to harmonious passion predicting marijuana consumption; however, unlike Study 1, no significant difference between the passions was found in predicting marijuana-related problems. Conclusions: This research provides a novel perspective on motivation for alcohol and marijuana use. Findings suggest that understanding the locus of young adults' passion for substance use may be helpful in identifying those who are likely to develop a substance use disorder and therefore may be the most in need of assistance and intervention. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 76, 749-757, 2015)

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“…With its foundations in social psychology, DMP proposes there are two types of passion: harmonious passion (HP) and obsessive passion (OP). This framework has received extensive empirical support when applied in various contexts and to different activities (e.g., Mageau et al, 2005;Ratelle et al, 2004;Seguin-Levesque et al, 2003). We suggest that both HP and OP are particularly evident in habitual entrepreneurship.…”

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Passion and habitual entrepreneurship

Thorgren

Wincent

2013

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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The purpose of this study is to explore differences between habitual entrepreneurs (serial and portfolio entrepreneurs) and novices in terms of their passion for entrepreneurial activities.Using the Dualistic Model of Passion (DMP) as a conceptual framework, we test our hypotheses using a random sample of entrepreneurs who registered a limited company in 2008. Results of logistic regression analyses showed that habitual entrepreneurs experience extra high passion for entrepreneurial activity. Of the two passion dimensions proposed in the DMP-harmonious passion and obsessive passion-the obsessive component is, however, particularly evident among habitual entrepreneurs. A closer analysis, comparing novice, serial, and portfolio entrepreneurship, suggests that portfolio entrepreneurs score highest on the harmonious dimension of passion.

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Harmonious and Obsessive Passion for the Internet: Their Associations With the Couple's Relationship¹

Cited by 170 publications

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A Motivational Model of Video Game Engagement

A Motivational Model of Video Game Engagement

How Harmonious and Obsessive Passion for Alcohol and Marijuana Relate to Consumption and Negative Consequences

Passion and habitual entrepreneurship

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Harmonious and Obsessive Passion for the Internet: Their Associations With the Couple's Relationship1

Cited by 170 publications

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A Motivational Model of Video Game Engagement

A Motivational Model of Video Game Engagement

How Harmonious and Obsessive Passion for Alcohol and Marijuana Relate to Consumption and Negative Consequences

Passion and habitual entrepreneurship

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