Robert J Vallerand
Biographic Data
| ID | 766060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert J Vallerand |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert J |
| FAMILY NAME | Vallerand |
| SIGNATURE | VALLERAND R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5301-2799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 94 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 361 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 94 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
To serve the cause or to serve oneself: The role of passion and serving orientations in personal and organizational outcomes
The interplay of teachers’ passion, social support, and students’ passion for a field of study in higher education
Investigating Emotions as a Mediator in the Transmission of Passion in Education
Passion, music, and psychological well-being
Passionate music engagement is a defining feature of music fans worldwide. Although benefits to psychosocial well-being are often experienced by fans of music, some fans experience maladaptive outcomes from their music engagement. The Dualistic Model of Passion proposes that two types of passion—harmonious and obsessive—are associated with positive and negative outcomes of passionate engagement, respectively. This model has been employed in resea…
The role of passion in the resilience process
This article focuses on the construct of passion as well as its consequences on people's functioning and resilience. First, the concept of passion is introduced briefly, followed by a presentation of the dualistic model of passion, the dominant theory on passion and associated research. The dualistic model of passion posits that harmonious passion, a type of passion that is well-integrated into one's life and identity, leads to adaptive outcomes.…
La souffrance n'est pas nécessaire pour atteindre l'excellence
Optimal Functioning in Society: A Conceptualization, a Measure, and a Look at Determinants
Flexible and rigid persistence: Relations with passion, vitality, and intention to stay in university teachers
Passion and persistence are related constructs that have been perceived as key qualities for people to achieve their aims. While passion has been widely analyzed from a dualistic position, studies on persistence have rarely been focused on persistence regarding its quality. Thus, the aim of this study was twofold. Firstly, it aimed to analyze the relationships between flexible and rigid persistence, harmonious and obsessive passion, subjective vi…
On the role of harmonious and obsessive passion in work and family outcomes: A test of the quadripartite approach
Thriving through adversity: The role of passion and emotions in the resilience process
OBJECTIVES: Two cross-sectional (Studies 1, N = 283 and 2, N = 275) and one prospective (Study 3, N = 238) studies investigated the role of passion (for academia) and emotions in the process of resilience in the education domain and in life in general. METHOD: Participants were examined when facing a stressful situation related to their passion for academia (end-of-term exam period and a timed education task). RESULTS: All three studies showed th…
The Role of Passion in Self-Oriented Versus Team-Oriented Decision-Making in Team Sports
This study investigated the role of passion and achievement goals in making self-oriented and team-oriented decisions. Based on the Dualistic Model of Passion, it was hypothesized that in the context of collective sports, harmonious passion should lead to the adoption of mostly mastery goals, which in turn should lead to a more team-oriented decision-making. Conversely, obsessive passion should be related to the adoption of all three types of goa…
Psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Rigid and Flexible Persistence Scale in a Brazilian professional sample
Persistence involves the intention to maintain efforts when faced with obstacles and challenges, in order to achieve a specific goal. The Rigid and Flexible Persistence Scale (RFPS) is a self-report measure that assesses persistence that is theoretically derived from the premises of the Dualistic Model of Passion. The aim of the present research was to adapt the RFPS to Brazilian Portuguese and to estimate its evidence of validity and reliability…
The Role of Passion in the Arts and Humanities: How Quality of Engagement Matters
The arts and humanities are prevalent sources of passion. Whether it is through performing them or appreciating the performance of others, the type of passion that individuals have for the arts and humanities can shape a variety of outcomes. Following the model proposed by Tay, Pawelski, and colleagues (2018, 2019), the present chapter documents the role of passion for the arts and humanities in personal outcomes such as emotions, creativity, per…
Fans of Violent Music: The Role of Passion in Positive and Negative Emotional Experience
Extreme metal and rap music with violent themes are sometimes blamed for eliciting antisocial behaviours, but growing evidence suggests that music with violent themes can have positive emotional, cognitive, and social consequences for fans. We addressed this apparent paradox by comparing how fans of violent and non-violent music respond emotionally to music. We also characterised the psychosocial functions of music for fans of violent and non-vio…
On Emotion Regulation Strategies and Well-Being: The Role of Passion
On the Role of Passion in Second Language Learning and Flourishing
The Role of Passion and Achievement Goals in Optimal Functioning in Sports
This study aimed to test the role of passion in the cognitive goals pursued in sport and the level of Optimal Functioning in Society (OFIS) derived from such sport engagement. A total of 184 competitive water polo and synchronized swimming athletes completed a questionnaire assessing their passion for their sport, achievement goals, and various scales assessing their level of OFIS (e.g., subjective well-being, relationship with their coach, sport…
The role of passion for studies on academic procrastination and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
Passion among breast cancer survivors: A 12-month prospective study
We examined the prospective relationship between harmonious passion and post-treatment health outcomes among female breast cancer survivors. Participants reported passion toward a favorite activity, physical pain symptoms, and mental health after their final breast cancer treatment (Time 1, N = 188). Twelve months later (Time 2, N = 148), participants reported their physical pain symptoms and mental health. Harmonious passion at Time 1 predicted …
The role of sexual passion in romantic relationship functioning: A dyadic analysis
The dualistic model of sexual passion defines sexual passion as a strong motivational drive to engage in various types of partnered and non-partnered sexual activities and distinguishes two types of sexual passion that lead to distinct consequences, obsessive sexual passion (OSP) and harmonious sexual passion (HSP). The purpose of the present research was to examine the associations between these two types of sexual passion and relationship funct…
Understanding extradyadic sex and its underlying motives through a dualistic model of sexual passion
Extradyadic sex in monogamous romantic relationships represents a violation of trust that has been associated with adverse personal and relationship outcomes. Although relational factors related to extradyadic sex have been extensively studied, few individual sexual factors have been identified, and these factors have remained one-dimensional. The present research proposes that sexual passion, as defined by the dualistic model of sexual passion, …
Testing the dualistic model of passion using a novel quadripartite approach: A look at physical and psychological well‐being
OBJECTIVE: Passion research has focused extensively on the unique effects of both harmonious passion and obsessive passion (Vallerand, 2015). We adopted a quadripartite approach (Gaudreau & Thompson, 2010) to test whether physical and psychological well-being are distinctly related to subtypes of passion with varying within-person passion combinations: pure harmonious passion, pure obsessive passion, mixed passion, and non-passion. METHOD: In fou…
Passion and moral disengagement: Different pathways to political activism
OBJECTIVE: Four studies examined the relationship between motivational imbalance-the degree to which a goal dominates other goals-and political activism. METHOD: Based on the dualistic model of passion (Vallerand, 2015) and recent theorizing on violent extremism (Kruglanski, Jasko, Chernikova, Dugas, & Webber, 2017), we predicted that obsessive passion (OP), which facilitates alternative goal suppression, would increase support for violent politi…
Development of a Dualistic Model of Sexual Passion: Investigating Determinants and Consequences
Obsessive Passion: A Compensatory Response to Unsatisfied Needs
The present research investigated the role of two sources of psychological need satisfaction (inside and outside a passionate activity) as determinants of harmonious (HP) and obsessive (OP) passion. Four studies were carried out with different samples of young and middle‐aged adults (e.g., athletes, musicians; total N = 648). Different research designs (cross‐sectional, mixed, longitudinal) were also used. Results showed that only a rigid engagem…
Les passions de l'âme: On obsessive and harmonious passion
Passion is defined as a strong inclination toward an activity that people like, that they find important, and in which they invest time and energy. Two types of passion are proposed: obsessive and harmonious. Obsessive passion (OP) refers to a controlled internalization of an activity in one's identity that creates an internal pressure to engage in the activity that the person likes. Harmonious passion (HP) refers to an autonomous internalization…
Self-determination and persistence in a real-life setting: Toward a motivational model of high school dropout
The purpose of this study was to propose and test a motivational model of high school dropout. The model posits that teachers, parents, and the school administration's behaviors toward students influence students' perceptions of competence and autonomy. The less autonomy supportive the social agents' behaviors are, the less positive are students' perceptions of competence and autonomy. In turn, the less positive students' perceptions are, the low…
Why Are You Learning a Second Language? Motivational Orientations and Self-Determination Theory
The data for this study were collected in my first year of graduate school for a term paper for a course I was taking from Luc Pelletier. When I began graduate school, Luc also started at the University of Ottawa as a new faculty member, and he taught a course in motivation. I had worked with Richard Clément for a couple of years already as an honors student and as a research assistant and had conducted research on orientations and motivation und…
Toward a motivational model of couple happiness
The present s udy had two major objectives. The first was to investigate the validity of a motiva-tional model of couple happiness based on self-determination heory. The second objective was to test he postulated simplex structure and the generalizability of the 6 forms of motivation proposed by this theory. Both members of63 couples individually completed the Couple Motivation Ques-tionnaire as well as measures ofperceived couples ' adaptive beh…
Ajzen and Fishbein's theory of reasoned action as applied to moral behavior: A confirmatory analysis
A confirmatory test of Ajzen and Fishbein's (1980) theory of reasoned action as applied to the realm of moral behavior using structural equation modeling was conducted. Ss were 1056 male and female athletes ranging in age from 10 to 18 years (M=14.5). Ss completed a questionnaire that contained 2 hypothetical situations related to moral behavior in sports. For each situation, Ss completed scales assessing all components of the model. A modified v…
Intrinsic and extrinsic school motivation as a function of age: The mediating role of autonomy support
Passion for an activity and quality of interpersonal relationships: The mediating role of emotions
Our purpose in this research was to investigate the role of passion (Vallerand et al., 2003) for a given activity in the quality of interpersonal relationships experienced within the context of that activity in 4 studies. Study 1 demonstrated that a harmonious passion was positively associated with the quality of interpersonal relationships within the context of the passionate activity, whereas an obsessive passion was unrelated to it. Furthermor…
Motivation and dropout in female handballers: A 21‐month prospective study
The purpose of this study was to test a motivational model of sport dropout that integrates the four‐stage causal sequence proposed by the Hierarchical Model of Vallerand ( 1997 ) and elements from achievement goal theory (Nicholls, 1989 ). The model posits that a task involving motivational climate facilitates, while an ego‐involving climate undermines, perceptions of competence, autonomy, and relatedness. In turn, feeling incompetent, non‐auton…
Identified and introjected forms of political internalization: Extending self-determination theory
Understanding the cognitive and motivational underpinnings of sexual passion from a dualistic model
Sexual passion has always been conceptualized as a one-dimensional phenomenon that emerges from interactions with partners. Drawing from the literature on passionate activities, sexual passion was defined in terms of its intrapersonal motivational and cognitive components and examined from a dualistic perspective. More specifically, in 5 studies, we investigated how 2 types of sexual passion, harmonious and obsessive, can lead to clearly distinct…
Social context, student's motivation, and academic achievement: Toward a process model
When passion makes the heart grow colder: The role of passion in alternative goal suppression
Quality of goal engagement and alternative goal suppression were investigated in this research. Integrating the dualistic model of passion (Vallerand et al., 2003) with goal-systems theory (Kruglanski et al., 2002), we hypothesized that obsessive passion--associated with recurrent goal-conflicts--would predict greater alternative goal suppression (i.e., goal-shielding) than would harmonious passion--characterized by effective synthesis of the pas…
The role of self‐esteem contingencies in the distinction between obsessive and harmonious passion
The Dualistic Model of Passion (Vallerand et al., 2003) shows that people can experience a harmonious or an obsessive passion toward an activity. Mageau and Vallerand (2007; Mageau et al., 2009) have argued that self‐related processes, such as contingencies of self‐worth, are central in the distinction between the two types of passion. Specifically, it was proposed that people with an obsessive passion rely more heavily on their passionate activi…
Significance, structure, and gender differences in life domains of college students
The role of sexual passion in romantic relationship functioning: A dyadic analysis
The dualistic model of sexual passion defines sexual passion as a strong motivational drive to engage in various types of partnered and non-partnered sexual activities and distinguishes two types of sexual passion that lead to distinct consequences, obsessive sexual passion (OSP) and harmonious sexual passion (HSP). The purpose of the present research was to examine the associations between these two types of sexual passion and relationship funct…
Driven by fear: The effect of success and failure information on passionate individuals' performance
Four studies investigated the impact of success and failure information on passionate individuals' performance. Obsessive passion, characterized by a rigid and defensive mode of functioning, predicted greater performance in domains both related and unrelated to the passionate activity in response to exposure to failure information. Conversely, harmonious passion, characterized by a flexible, nondefensive mode of functioning, was found to be unaff…
Understanding extradyadic sex and its underlying motives through a dualistic model of sexual passion
Extradyadic sex in monogamous romantic relationships represents a violation of trust that has been associated with adverse personal and relationship outcomes. Although relational factors related to extradyadic sex have been extensively studied, few individual sexual factors have been identified, and these factors have remained one-dimensional. The present research proposes that sexual passion, as defined by the dualistic model of sexual passion, …
Motivation and goal attainment. The role of compensatory beliefs
On the cued activation of situational motivation
Supervisors' beliefs and subordinates' intrinsic motivation: A behavioral confirmation analysis
Numerous studies have documented that when supervisors are more supportive of autonomy and less controlling, subordinates demonstrate higher levels of intrinsic motivation. The present research examined the role of supervisors' beliefs about a subordinate's intrinsic or extrinsic motivation in explaining this relation. A teaching paradigm was used in which participants were assigned the role of supervisors or subordinates. Supervisors were given …
Development of a Dualistic Model of Sexual Passion: Investigating Determinants and Consequences
Passion for activities and relationship quality: A dyadic approach
The dualistic model of passion (Vallerand (2010) On passion for life activities: The dualistic model of passion. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 42, pp. 97–193). New York, NY: Academic Press) regards passion as a strong inclination toward a self-defining activity that one loves, values, and in which one invests a substantial amount of time and energy. The model proposes two distinct types of passion, harmoni…
Passion in breast cancer survivors: Examining links to emotional well-being
This study (1) identified the activities that breast cancer survivors report as passionate; (2) examined whether levels of passion differed based on the types of passionate activities reported and; (3) examined the association between harmonious and obsessive passion and emotional well-being. Early post-treatment breast cancer survivors (N = 177) reported passionate physical activities as most prevalent, and reported higher harmonious passion sco…
Cognitive adaptation and mental health: A motivational analysis
The present study tested a motivational model where the beneficial impact that processes of cognitive adaptation have on mental health takes place through self‐determined motivation. The model proposes that the components of cognitive adaptation theory (positive self‐perceptions, perceptions of control, and optimism) foster a self‐determined motivation. In turn, self‐determined motivation predicts positive indices of mental health. In addition, t…
Examining Individual Differences in the Internalization of Political Values: Validation of the Self-Determination Scale of Political Motivation
On the use of the Causal Dimension Scale in a field setting: A test with confirmatory factor analysis in success and failure situations
We tested the reliability and validity ofthe Causal Dimension Scale (CDS) within success and failure conditions in a real-life achievement situation. A total of 260 undergraduate students who had just received their marks on a midterm exam were asked to fill out a questionnaire that included questions dealing with their perceptions of success and failure on the exam and on the CDS. Confirmatory factor and internal consistency analyses were perfor…
Vers une méthodologie de validation trans-culturelle de questionnaires psychologiques: Implications pour la recherche en langue française.
L'échelle de satisfaction de vie: Validation canadienne-française du "Satisfaction with Life Scale."
Construction et validation de l'échelle de motivation en éducation (EME).
Traduction Et Validation Canadienne‐française De l'Échelle De l'Estime De Soi De Rosenberg
Since the early days of psychology, the self‐concept and more specifically global self‐esteem has been addressed by numerous researchers in the field. Among the widely used instruments for measuring global self‐esteem, Rosenberg's Self‐Esteem scale (RSE) has displayed high levels of validity and reliability (Harter 1983; Wylie 1974). Through a brief (10 items) and direct approach, the RSE can be answered quickly by different age and social groups…
Significance, structure, and gender differences in life domains of college students
Toward a motivational model of couple happiness
The present s udy had two major objectives. The first was to investigate the validity of a motiva-tional model of couple happiness based on self-determination heory. The second objective was to test he postulated simplex structure and the generalizability of the 6 forms of motivation proposed by this theory. Both members of63 couples individually completed the Couple Motivation Ques-tionnaire as well as measures ofperceived couples ' adaptive beh…
Motivation and Education: The Self-Determination Perspective
Self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1991), when applied to the realm of education, is concerned primarily with promoting in students an interest in learning, a valuing of education, and a confidence in their own capacities and attributes. These outcomes are manifestations of being intrinsically motivated and internalizing values and regulatory processes. Research suggests that these processes result in high-quality learning and conceptu…
Motivation and Education: The Self-Determination Perspective
On the Multidimensional Versus Unidimensional Perspectives of Self-Esteem: A Test Using the Group-Comparison Approach
The purpose of the present studies was to test the unidimensional versus the multidimensional perspectives of self-esteem using a group-comparison approach. In the first study, male and female talented and regular students completed the Perceived Competence Scale (Harter, 1982). This scale assesses self-esteem in three life domains: cognitive (school), physical (sports and physical activity), and social, as well as general self-esteem. Results sh…
The Academic Motivation Scale: A Measure of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Amotivation in Education
A new measure of motivation toward education has been developed in French, namely the Echelle de Motivation en Education (EME). The EME is based on the tenets of self-determination theory and is composed of 28 items subdivided into seven sub-scales assessing three types of intrinsic motivation (intrinsic motivation to know, to accomplish things, and to experience stimulation), three types of extrinsic motivation (external, introjected, and identi…
Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Amotivational Styles as Predictors of Behavior: A Prospective Study
This research ascertained the role of intrinsic, extrinsic, and amotivational styles as predictors of behavioral persistence in a real‐life setting. At the beginning of the academic year, 1,042 first‐term junior‐college students enrolled in a compulsory college course completed a scale assessing intrinsic motivation, four styles of extrinsic motivation (namely, external regulation, introjection, identification, and integration), and amotivation t…
Ajzen and Fishbein's theory of reasoned action as applied to moral behavior: A confirmatory analysis
A confirmatory test of Ajzen and Fishbein's (1980) theory of reasoned action as applied to the realm of moral behavior using structural equation modeling was conducted. Ss were 1056 male and female athletes ranging in age from 10 to 18 years (M=14.5). Ss completed a questionnaire that contained 2 hypothetical situations related to moral behavior in sports. For each situation, Ss completed scales assessing all components of the model. A modified v…
On the Assessment of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Amotivation in Education: Evidence on the Concurrent and Construct Validity of the Academic Motivation Scale
A new measure of motivation toward education has been developed in French, namely the "Echelle de Motivation en Education" (EME). The EME is based on the tenets of self-determination theory and is composed of seven subscales assessing three types of intrinsic motivation (intrinsic motivation to know, to accomplish
Construction et validation l'echelle de motivation relative aux jeux de hasard et d'argent
Le but de la présente série d'études était de construire et de valider une échelle de motivation appliquée à un type particulier de loisir, soit les comportements de jeu (gambling). L'Echelle de motivation relative aux jeux de hasard et d'argent (EMJHA) a pour fondement théorique, la Théorie de l'autodétermination (Deci et Ryan, 1985, 1991). L'EMJHA est formée de sept sous-échelles mesurant les éléments suivants: 1) trois types de motivation intr…
Toward a New Measure of Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, and Amotivation in Sports: The Sport Motivation Scale (SMS)
A new measure of motivation toward sport has been developed in French, namely the Echelle de Motivation vis-à-vis les Sports. Two studies were conducted to translate and validate this new measure in English. The Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) consists of seven subscales that measure three types of Intrinsic Motivation (IM; IM to Know, IM to Accomplish Things, and IM to Experience Stimulation), three forms of regulation for Extrinsic Motivation (Ide…
Academic Motivation and School Performance: Toward a Structural Model
Skill versus luck: A motivational analysis of gambling involvement
Social context, student's motivation, and academic achievement: Toward a process model
Vers une conceptualisation motivationnelle multidimensionnelle du loisir: Construction et validation de L'échelle de Motivation vis-à-vis des loisirs (EML)
Cet article présente les résultats de trois études qui avaient pour but de construire et de valider un nouvel instrument mesurant la motivation vis-à-vis des loisirs. Cet instrument, l'Échelle de Motivation vis-à-vis des Loisirs (EML), s'inspire de la théorie de l'autodétermination (Deci & Ryan, 1985). L'EML comprend 7 sous-échelles mesurant trois types de motivation intrinsèque (MI; MI à la connaissance, MI à l'accomplissement et MI à la stimula…
Identified and introjected forms of political internalization: Extending self-determination theory
Supervisors' beliefs and subordinates' intrinsic motivation: A behavioral confirmation analysis
Numerous studies have documented that when supervisors are more supportive of autonomy and less controlling, subordinates demonstrate higher levels of intrinsic motivation. The present research examined the role of supervisors' beliefs about a subordinate's intrinsic or extrinsic motivation in explaining this relation. A teaching paradigm was used in which participants were assigned the role of supervisors or subordinates. Supervisors were given …
Toward A Hierarchical Model of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
Self-determination and persistence in a real-life setting: Toward a motivational model of high school dropout
The purpose of this study was to propose and test a motivational model of high school dropout. The model posits that teachers, parents, and the school administration's behaviors toward students influence students' perceptions of competence and autonomy. The less autonomy supportive the social agents' behaviors are, the less positive are students' perceptions of competence and autonomy. In turn, the less positive students' perceptions are, the low…
An integrative analysis of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in sport
The purpose of this paper is to propose a motivational sequence that integrates much of the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation literature in sport. The proposed motivational sequence: “Social Factors → Psychological Mediators → Types of Motivation → Consequences” is in line with self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan. 1985. 1991) and the Hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (Vallerand, 1997). Using the sequence, it is first sh…
Psychology (86 works) · Social Psychology (82 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (60 works) · Passion (48 works) · Developmental psychology (31 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (27 works) · Social Psychology (21 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (20 works) · Structural equation modeling (19 works) · Intrinsic motivation (18 works)