Passion and mindfulness: Accessing adaptive self-processes

St-Louis, Ariane C.; Verner‐Filion, Jérémie; Bergeron, Catherine; Vallerand, Robert J.

doi:10.1080/17439760.2016.1245771

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“…As a consequence, chronic use of multifinal means may be an effective goal management strategy to reduce inter‐goal conflicts. Future research could fruitfully probe whether the pursuit of multifinality and counterfinality explains other passion‐related phenomena such as hedonic and eudaimonic well‐being (Philippe et al, ), physical health (St‐Louis et al, ), and emotion regulation (St‐Louis, Verner‐Filion, Bergeron, & Vallerand, ).…”

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How passionate individuals regulate their activity with other life domains: A goal‐systemic perspective

Bélanger

Schumpe

Nisa

2019

Journal of Personality

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Objective: People that pursue a passionate activity obsessively (vs. harmoniously) tend to neglect (vs. integrate) other important life domains, yet research has been silent on the psychological mechanism explaining these differences in self-regulation.The purpose of this research was to address this gap by testing the role of alternative goal suppression. Method: Four studies tested whether harmonious passion is characterized by the pursuit of multifinality, the preference for means that gratify multiple goals simultaneously, whereas obsessive passion is characterized by the pursuit of counterfinality, the preference for means that serves a focal goal to the detriment of other pursuits.Underlying this relationship is the tendency to suppress goals conflicting with one's passion. Results: Study 1 found cross-sectional support for these hypotheses. Study 2 replicated Study 1 and extended it by demonstrating that the relationship between obsessive passion and counterfinal means is mediated by alternative goal suppression.Study 3 replicated these findings using an experimental manipulation of passion.Study 4 found similar results by experimentally manipulating alternative goal suppression, the mediator, to demonstrate its causal influence on means evaluation. Conclusions: Collectively, the present results demonstrate that passion plays a significant role in the type of means-ends relations preferred for goal pursuits.

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Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

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How passionate individuals regulate their activity with other life domains: A goal‐systemic perspective

Bélanger

Schumpe

Nisa

2019

Journal of Personality

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“…Having high HP might allow people to maintain a mindful and balanced perspective when facing self-threat (St-Louis, Verner-Filion, Bergeron, & Vallerand, 2018) and help people direct selfprotective responses at the attitudes responsible for dissonance, thereby preserving the relationship with the activity. More generally, these results highlight the advantages of focusing on within-combinations of both passion dimensions using a quadripartite approach (Schellenberg et al, in press).…”

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Betraying passion: Harmonious passion, obsessive passion, and attitudes following counter-attitudinal advocacy

Bji¹,

Bailis²

2019

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This research tested if attitude change following counter-attitudinal advocacy (a) applies when people endorse positions that conflict with a passionate activity, and (b) depends on levels of harmonious passion (HP) and obsessive passion (OP;Vallerand, 2015). Undergraduates (N = 81) who were passionate about various sport/exercise activities were either asked (high-choice condition) or required (low-choice condition) to oppose the construction of a new recreational facility on campus. Participants in the high-choice condition reported lower levels of passion for their passionate activity and less support for the recreational facility compared to those in the low-choice condition. However, decreases in passion were only evident when passion involved high levels of OP and low levels of HP, whereas decreases in support for the recreational facility were only evident when passion involved high levels of both OP and HP. These results contribute to our understanding of how passion dimensions combine to predict self-protective responses.

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“…With an HP, an activity is pursued with a mindful awareness of one's present experiences (St-Louis, Verner-Filion, Bergeron, & Vallerand, 2018) and with a greater capacity to become fully immersed in the activity and experience flow (Philippe, Vallerand, Andrianarisoa, & Brunel, 2009;Vallerand et al, 2003). By being mindful and completely immersed in an activity, those with strong levels of HP toward an activity should be able to savor the good things that happen (Bryant, Chadwick, & Kluwe, 2011;Bryant & Veroff, 2007;Ritchie & Bryant, 2012).…”

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“…This element of HP should also facilitate savoring because savoring often entails focusing on different temporal periods, including positive experiences that are happening at the moment, happened in the past (reminiscing), or might happen in the future (anticipation; see Bryant, 2003;Bryant & Veroff, 2007). In contrast, with an OP, an activity often conflicts with other life domains and thus makes it more difficult to be mindful and fully absorbed in the activity (e.g., Philippe et al, 2009;St-Louis et al, 2018;Vallerand, Paquet, Philippe, & Charest, 2010). This way of engaging in an activity should make it more difficult to savor positive experiences.…”

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Savoring and Dampening with Passion: How Passionate People Respond when Good Things Happen

Schellenberg

Gaudreau

2019

J Happiness Stud

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AcknowledgementsThis is a pre-print of an article published in the Journal of Happiness Studies. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi. AbstractHow do people react when they experience a positive event while pursuing a passionate activity?In this research, we conducted three studies to test if the extent to which people respond to positive events by engaging in savoring (i.e., attempting to maintain or enhance positive emotions) and dampening (i.e., attempting to down-regulated or stifle positive emotions) is predicted by levels of harmonious and obsessive passion for an activity. Study 1 (n = 321) andStudy 2 (n = 547) both showed that harmonious passion positively predicted savoring, whereas obsessive passion predicted less savoring and greater dampening. Moreover, in Study 2, savoring mediated the relationships between both passion varieties and well-being outcomes. In Study 3, we extended these findings and tested if these relationships depended on whether a positive event was a result of an in-progress or completed achievement. Soccer fans (n = 394) imagined how they would react if their favorite team won either the semi-final (in-progress condition) or final (completed condition) of the ongoing UEFA champions league. In both scenarios, harmonious passion was a stronger predictor of savoring than obsessive passion.Obsessive passion also showed strong relationships with dampening in both scenarios, although this relationship was attenuated in the completed condition. Overall, these results reveal that passion varieties matter for predicting how people manage their good feelings following positive events, a finding that has implications for our understanding of the pathways that link passion varieties with well-being outcomes.

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Passion and mindfulness: Accessing adaptive self-processes

Cited by 70 publications

References 57 publications

How passionate individuals regulate their activity with other life domains: A goal‐systemic perspective

How passionate individuals regulate their activity with other life domains: A goal‐systemic perspective

Betraying passion: Harmonious passion, obsessive passion, and attitudes following counter-attitudinal advocacy

Savoring and Dampening with Passion: How Passionate People Respond when Good Things Happen

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