Passion for a sport activity, escapism, and affective outcomes: Exploring a mediation model
Engelsk titel: Passion for a sport activity, escapism, and affective outcomes: Exploring a mediation model
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Författare:
Stenseng, Frode
;
Phelps, Joshua Marvle
Email: frode.stenseng@ntnu.no
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 36
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UI-nummer: 16023102
Sammanfattning
Two motivational models were tested with a focus on affective outcomes from identity-defining
activities, namely the dualistic model of passion and the two-dimensional model of escapism. A path
model was tested with two dimensions of escapism intentions, namely self-expansion and self-
suppression, placed as potential mediating variables on the effects of har-monious and obsessive
passion on positive and negative affect. The model fitted the data well, thereby explaining affective
outcomes from engagement in recreational sport activities, with one path predicting positive affect
(harmonious passion ? self-expansion ? positive affect) and one predicting negative affect
(obsessive passion ? self-suppression ? negative affect). Escapism dimensions partially mediated
the effects from passion toward affective outcomes. The findings illustrate the relevance of passion
and escapism in explaining affective outcomes from engagement in identity-defining activities.