When Passion Does Not Change, but Emotions Do: Testing a Social Media Intervention Related to Exercise Activity Engagement
The article "When Passion Does Not Change, but Emotions Do: Testing a Social Media Intervention Related to Exercise Activity Engagement" is a study grounded in self-determination theory and the dualistic model of passion.
The researchers conducted a 4-week intervention through an Instagram™ account to see if they could promote more harmonious passion and positive emotions related to participants' favorite exercise activities.
The intervention was tested on 518 young adults (mean age 26.5), who were randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group. The study found that while the intervention did not change the participants' passion for the activity, it did predict more positive emotional outcomes from the activity, after controlling for emotions reported at baseline and negative emotions reported at follow-up.
This suggests that digital platforms might be useful tools in promoting more physical activity in the population by facilitating more positive emotions related to exercise1.
The study was done by our favorite professor in motivation, Frode Stenseng
IG account: Dinmotivasjon
Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00071/full