Passion: Does one scale fit all? Construct validity of two-factor passion scale and psychometric invariance over different activities and languages.

Abstract

The passion scale, based on the dualistic model of passion, measures 2 distinct types of passion: Harmonious and obsessive passions are predictive of adaptive and less adaptive outcomes, respectively. In a substantive-methodological synergy, we evaluate the construct validity (factor structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity) of Passion Scale responses (N = 3,571). The exploratory structural equation model fit to the data was substantially better than the confirmatory factor analysis solution, and resulted in better differentiated (less correlated) factors. Results from a 13-model taxonomy of measurement invariance supported complete invariance (factor loadings, factor correlations, item uniquenesses, item intercepts, and latent means) over language (French vs. English; the instrument was originally devised in French, then translated into English) and gender. Strong measurement partial invariance over 5 passion activity groups (leisure, sport, social, work, education) indicates that the same set of items is appropriate for assessing passion across a wide variety of activities--a previously untested, implicit assumption that greatly enhances practical utility. Support was found for the convergent and discriminant validity of the harmonious and obsessive passion scales, based on a set of validity correlates: life satisfaction, rumination, conflict, time investment, activity liking and valuation, and perceiving the activity as a passion.

Incivility is (not) the very essence of love: Passion for work and incivility instigation.

“…As both harmoniously and obsessively passionate individuals share the characteristics of liking activities and viewing activities as important to them, they will also possibly share some variance related to the outcomes (Liu et al, 2011). Furthermore, studies suggest that the two forms of passion are relatively independent of each other, with weak or no correlation between them, and can coexist at any given time (Marsh et al, 2013). We therefore controlled for harmonious passion in this study.…”

“…Most importantly, the passion model accounts for how an employee internalizes work as a part of one's self-concept and how this becomes a motivational impetus for behavior and emotions. Thus, this combination may be better apt to explain individual differences in incivility than perhaps less complex motivational constructs can (Marsh et al, 2013). Empirically, obsessive passion has convergent and incremental validity over and beyond workaholism and controlled motivation (Birkeland & Buch, 2014;Liu et al, 2011).…”

Psychometric properties of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire 48 (MTQ48) in elite, amateur and nonathletes.

“…No study to date has rigorously tested the assumption that responses to the MTQ48 are reasonably invariant over athletic expertise. In order to corroborate previous conclusions based on athletic expertise it is important to clarify that mean differences are attributable to theoretical rather than methodological reasons (Marsh et al, 2013).…”

Evidências de Validade da Escala de Paixão pelo Trabalho em Amostras Brasileiras

“…Tais resultados confirmam, portanto, o modelo dualista de paixão de Vallerand e Houlfort (2003) possuir duas dimensões. Além disso, eles estendem os achados de Marsh et al (2013), em investigação na qual a escala de paixão foi aplicada em diversos contextos (N = 3571), tendo confirmado a estrutura de duas dimensões da escala, bem como sua invariância completa em termos de gênero e grupo de atividade (lazer, esporte, social, trabalho, educação). Não foram, porém, encontradas referências anteriores de estudos nos quais se concluiu por um modelo final de natureza bifactor, o que coloca em destaque o caráter inovador da solução ora obtida.…”