“I’m not the same person since I met you”: The role of romantic passion in how people change when they get involved in a romantic relationship

Carbonneau, Noémie; Lavigne, Geneviève L.; Paquet, Yvan

doi:10.1007/s11031-015-9512-z

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“…Although such scales are useful, especially when valid and reliable, it nevertheless remains that the use of objective indicators is important to solidify a field that has largely relied on self-report measures. Some research in positive psychology has recently started to use physiological measures (e.g., Cousin et al, 2020). However, the present research is the first to show correspondence between passion and cardiovascular reactivity measures, thereby extending the field of passion and positive psychology in new and exciting directions.…”

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“…Research on passion, just like the field of positive psychology, has generally focused on self-report measures. Although passion research has also used objective measures of performance and informant reports of other people's wellbeing (e.g., Vallerand et al, 2007Vallerand et al, , 2008Carbonneau and Vallerand, 2016), no research so far has looked at the role of passion in physiological responses. Looking at such responses would represent an important new direction for passion research that would bolster current findings and open up a window into new unchartered territories such as cardiovascular health.…”

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The Role of Passion in Psychological and Cardiovascular Responses: Extending the Field of Passion and Positive Psychology in New Directions

Paquette

Richard

2022

Front. Psychol.

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The present study fills a void in research on passion by examining for the first time the role of passion in physiological responses. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of passion, and the mediating role of cognitive appraisals, in the psychological and physiological responses to a stressful situation related to one’s passion. Students (43 women, 12 men, M age = 27.21 years), who were passionate for their studies, completed the Passion Scale for their studies and the Cognitive Appraisal Scale (assessing perceptions of challenge/threat). Then, they engaged in an education task under stressful conditions, and a subsequent unrelated leisure task under no-stress. Physiological reactivity was measured throughout the entire session and their perceptions of situational vitality and positive and negative emotions were assessed directly after the education task. Results showed that harmonious passion (HP) positively predicted challenge appraisals that, in turn, were positively related to positive emotions, vitality, and positive cardiovascular adaptation while engaging in the stressful education task, but less so with the leisure task (unrelated to one’s passion for academia). On the other hand, obsessive passion (OP) positively predicted threat appraisals. In turn, threat appraisals were positively related to negative emotions, negatively associated with vitality, and not related to cardiovascular reactivity. The present findings suggest that HP creates the onset of an adaptive psychological and physiological response whereas the response is less adaptive with OP.

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The Role of Passion in Psychological and Cardiovascular Responses: Extending the Field of Passion and Positive Psychology in New Directions

Paquette

Richard

2022

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“…More recently, Ratelle and colleagues (2013) have similarly proposed that romantic passion may follow a dual model. Applying Vallerand and colleagues (2003) dual model of passion originally developed in the context of passion toward activities (e.g., work, education, sport, and leisure activities), this dual model suggests two different forms of romantic passion: the similarly named obsessive romantic passion and harmonious romantic passion (Carbonneau & Vallerand, 2013; Carbonneau et al., 2016; Paquette et al., 2020; Rapaport et al., 2018; Ratelle et al., 2013). In applying this theory of passion toward activities to romantic relationships, however, the meaning of romantic passion takes on a somewhat different meaning than the classic conceptualization of romantic passion or passionate love in relationship science.…”

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What fuels passion? An integrative review of competing theories of romantic passion

Carswell

Impett

2021

Social & Personality Psych

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In an integrative review, we examine four theories and models of romantic passion to determine what causes feelings of romantic passion. Although a growing consensus has emerged for the definition of romantic passion, we suggest that this is largely not the case for the source of romantic passion. We outline how four different perspectives—Limerence Theory, the Rate of Change in Intimacy Model, the Self‐Expansion Model, and the Triangular Theory of Love—propose four different potential sources of romantic passion and review empirical support in favor and against each. For each of these perspectives, we additionally outline the predicted trajectory of passion that follows from each theorized source of passion, as well as each perspective's view on the ability for passion to be controlled and up‐regulated. In identifying ways in which these theories and models offer conflicting predictions about the source of romantic passion, this review points to ways in which a more comprehensive model may be developed that integrates across these four perspectives.

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“…Previous research has provided support for the validity of the DMP applied to romantic relationships (e.g., Carbonneau et al 2016;Ratelle et al 2013). As with passionate activities, findings reveal that the two types of passion differently predict a number of romantic outcomes.…”

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More than Shared Love: Does Sharing a Passionate Activity with a Romantic Partner Strengthen the Relationship?

Rapaport

Carbonneau

St-Louis

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Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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The Dualistic Model of Passion (Vallerand et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 756-767, 2003) suggests the existence of two types of passion: harmonious (HP) and obsessive (OP). Previous research in positive psychology has shown that passion can be oriented toward activities, as well as romantic partners, and that both are important for people's well-being and relationships. The purpose of the present research was to integrate these two areas of passion by examining how one's type of passion for a joint activity and for a romantic partner influences the experience of positive and negative emotions during the joint activity, and its impact on the strengthening of the relationship. Results from a path analysis (N = 205) revealed that HP for the joint activity and for the romantic partner both positively predicted the experience of positive emotions during the joint activity that, in turn, positively predicted the strengthening of the relationship. Conversely, OP for the joint activity and for the romantic partner both positively predicted the experience of negative emotions during the joint activity that, in turn, negatively predicted the strengthening of the relationship. These findings suggest that these two domains of passion make an important and unique contribution to romantic relationships.Int J Appl Posit Psychol (2018) 2:61-78 https://doi

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“I’m not the same person since I met you”: The role of romantic passion in how people change when they get involved in a romantic relationship

Cited by 19 publications

References 71 publications

The Role of Passion in Psychological and Cardiovascular Responses: Extending the Field of Passion and Positive Psychology in New Directions

The Role of Passion in Psychological and Cardiovascular Responses: Extending the Field of Passion and Positive Psychology in New Directions

What fuels passion? An integrative review of competing theories of romantic passion

More than Shared Love: Does Sharing a Passionate Activity with a Romantic Partner Strengthen the Relationship?

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