The Role of Passion in Self-Oriented Versus Team-Oriented Decision-Making in Team Sports

Jany St-Cyr (), Léandre Alexis Chénard-Poirier, Alexe Dufresne and Robert J. Vallerand
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Jany St-Cyr: Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Comportement Social, Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
Léandre Alexis Chénard-Poirier: Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Comportement Social, Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
Alexe Dufresne: Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Comportement Social, Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
Robert J. Vallerand: Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Comportement Social, Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: 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 goals but mostly to performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals, which in turn should lead to a more self-oriented decision process. A total of 253 basketball players completed measures of passion and achievement goals in sport. They then were exposed to basketball scenarios and indicated their likelihood to act in a self-oriented or team-oriented manner. Results from structural equation modeling supported the hypotheses and lead to several implications for future research.

Keywords: obsessive passion; harmonious passion; decisions in sport; achievement goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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