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The dark side of leisure: obsessive passion and its covariates and outcomes
- Forfatter:
- Frode Stenseng, Jostein Rise, Pål Kraft
- I publikasjon:
- Leisure studies
- Utgitt:
- 2011, 30 (1): 49-62
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- Utgiver:
- London (Routledge)
- ISSN:
- 0261-4367
- Originalspråk:
- eng
- Antall sider:
- 14
The present paper challenges the notion that engagement in leisure activities is exclusively conducive to well‐being. By applying
the Dualistic Model of Passion in a leisure context on 467 participants, the measurement of obsessive passion for a leisure
activity was related to indicators of ill‐being and unrelated to general well‐being. In Study 1, obsessive passion for a leisure
activity was associated with activity addiction, escapism engagement, and intrapersonal conflicts. In Study 2, obsessive passion
was negatively related to basic need satisfaction in activity engagement as well as positively related to negative affective
outcomes from activity engagement. We argue that the present findings may lead towards a broader understanding of motivation
and outcomes in leisure activities.
