Geneviève Mageau - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

Papers by Geneviève Mageau

Research paper thumbnail of Balance Across Contexts: Importance of Balanced Need Satisfaction Across Various Life Domains

Personality and …, Jan 1, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Raising trophy kids: The role of mothers' contingent self-esteem in maternal promotion of extrinsic goals

Journal of adolescence, Jan 21, 2015

This study examined the role of mothers' child-invested contingent self-esteem, that is, thei... more This study examined the role of mothers' child-invested contingent self-esteem, that is, their tendency to hinge their self-worth on their child's achievements, in maternal promotion of extrinsic goals, as perceived by adolescents. It was also examined whether maternal promotion of extrinsic goals would, in turn, relate to adolescents' Social Dominance Orientation (SDO). Participants were 184 mothers and their adolescent children (66% female). Maternal child-invested contingent self-esteem predicted adolescent-perceived maternal promotion of extrinsic goals, even when taking into account the variance shared between the promotion of extrinsic goals and mothers' use of a controlling parenting style. Maternal child-invested contingent self-esteem also moderated associations between mothers' personal pursuit of extrinsic goals and their promotion of those goals, such that the association between mothers' own extrinsic goals and their promotion of those goals was ...

Research paper thumbnail of Attending to the Exploration Side of Infant Attachment: Contributions From Self-Determination Theory

Canadian Psychology-psychologie Canadienne, 2009

Understanding the intergenerational transmission of attachment patterns has been a main focus of ... more Understanding the intergenerational transmission of attachment patterns has been a main focus of attachment research for many years. Most of the empirical work conducted on this question has addressed maternal sensitivity to infants’ attachment needs. Given that security of attachment is defined as an attachment/exploration balance, some researchers have stressed the need to explore maternal behaviours in the context of

Research paper thumbnail of Les Passions de l'Âme: On Obsessive and Harmonious Passion

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003

Passion is defined as a strong inclination toward an activity that people like, that they find im... more 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 that leads individuals to choose to engage in the activity that they like. HP promotes healthy adaptation whereas OP thwarts it by causing negative affect and rigid persistence. Results from four studies involving more than 900 participants from different populations supported the proposed conceptualization.

Research paper thumbnail of On the Role of Passion in Performance

Journal of Personality, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of On the Development of Harmonious and Obsessive Passion: The Role of Autonomy Support, Activity Specialization, and Identification With the Activity

Journal of Personality, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Harmonious passion as an explanation of the relation between signature strengths' use and well-being at work: Test of an intervention program

Research paper thumbnail of Parental autonomy support and honesty: The mediating role of identification with the honesty value and perceived costs and benefits of honesty

Journal of Adolescence, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of On the risk of being a cultural chameleon: variations in collective self-esteem across social interactions

Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 2006

In the present study the authors used an event-contingent daily recording strategy, the Rochester... more In the present study the authors used an event-contingent daily recording strategy, the Rochester Interaction Record, to examine the relation of perceived evaluations of a multicultural person's heritage group to the nature and quality of his or her social interactions. Hierarchical linear modeling showed that having an interaction partner who positively evaluated one's heritage culture was associated with significantly enhanced interaction intimacy, disclosure, and quality, as well as with feelings of personal acceptance. Moderator analyses revealed that individuals who possessed a chameleon-like cultural identity and those who had low public collective self-esteem were particularly reactive to how their heritage group was being evaluated.

Research paper thumbnail of The coach-athlete relationship: a motivational model

Journal of sports sciences, 2003

The aim of this paper is to present a motivational model of the coach-athlete relationship that d... more The aim of this paper is to present a motivational model of the coach-athlete relationship that describes how coaches may influence athletes' motivation. In line with cognitive evaluation theory (Deci and Ryan, 1980, 1985) and the hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (Vallerand, 1997, 2000), a motivational sequence is proposed where coaches' personal orientation towards coaching, the context within which they operate, and their perceptions of their athletes' behaviour and motivation influence coaches' behaviours. Also, coaches' behaviours in the form of autonomy-supportive behaviours, provision of structure and involvement have a beneficial impact on athletes' needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness, which, in turn, nurture athletes' intrinsic motivation and self-determined types of extrinsic motivation. Here, we first review coaches' autonomy-supportive behaviours. We then describe the psychological processes through which ...

Research paper thumbnail of Passion and gambling: on the validation of the Gambling Passion Scale (GPS)

Journal of gambling studies / co-sponsored by the National Council on Problem Gambling and Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, 2002

Vallerand and his colleagues (Vallerand & Blanchard, 1999; Vallerand, Blanchard, Koestner, & Gagn... more Vallerand and his colleagues (Vallerand & Blanchard, 1999; Vallerand, Blanchard, Koestner, & Gagné, 2001) have recently proposed a new concept of passion. According to these authors, passion refers to a strong inclination toward an activity that we like, find important, and in which we invest time. Vallerand et al. have identified two types of passion: obsessive and harmonious. Obsessive passion refers to an internal pressure that forces an individual to engage in the activity. Harmonious passion, on the other hand, refers to an internal force that leads an individual to choose freely to engage in an activity. While obsessive passion has been shown in some circumstances to lead to negative psychological and physical consequences, harmonious passion generally leads to positive psychological and physical consequences. The purpose of the present research was to validate a measure of passion toward gambling: the Gambling Passion Scale (GPS). The GPS consists of two subscales (obsessive ...

Research paper thumbnail of Autonomous and Controlled Motivation for Parenting: Associations with Parent and Child Outcomes

Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2014

ABSTRACT The present investigation examined motivation for parenting and some of its correlates i... more ABSTRACT The present investigation examined motivation for parenting and some of its correlates in parents and children. The data came from samples of 151 first-time mothers of infants, 153 mothers of middle school children, and 260 mothers and fathers of high school children. Parents provided self-report data about their motivation in their parenting role as well as reports of role satisfaction, parental competence, child temperament, and parenting styles. Using three samples, factor analyses confirmed the distinction between autonomous and controlled forms of parenting motivation. Autonomous motivation refers to investing in the parenting role because it is interesting and meaningful whereas controlled motivation refers to investment based on external or internal pressures. Results showed that autonomous motivation was associated concurrently with parenting satisfaction and competence as well as with authoritative and autonomy-supportive parenting styles. Child temperament was unrelated to parenting motivation, but mothers reported greater autonomous motivation for girls than boys and for younger children rather than older children. Autonomous parenting motivation was associated with children reporting autonomy supportive parenting and high levels of well-being. A prospective analysis showed that controlled parenting motivation in first time mothers was associated with reductions in parenting satisfaction as infants became toddlers. A similar analysis showed that autonomous parenting motivation was associated with children developing fewer behavior problems whereas controlled motivation was associated with children developing more behavioral problems. The present findings highlight the heuristic value of assessing why parents invest themselves in the parenting role.

Research paper thumbnail of The moderating effect of passion on the relation between activity engagement and positive affect

Motivation and Emotion, 2007

The present diary study investigates the moderating effect of passion on the relation between act... more The present diary study investigates the moderating effect of passion on the relation between activity engagement and daily positive affect. In line with past research (Vallerand et al. 2003, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 756) it is suggested that people with an obsessive passion have more difficulties putting their passion aside to invest themselves in other activities, to a

Research paper thumbnail of When Passion Leads to Problematic Outcomes: A Look at Gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies - J GAMBL STUD, 2004

Vallerand et al. (2003) have proposed that individuals can have two distinct types of passion tow... more Vallerand et al. (2003) have proposed that individuals can have two distinct types of passion toward an activity. Harmonious passion, an internal force leading one to choose to engage in the activity, is proposed to be associated with positive consequences. Obsessive passion, an internal pressure forcing one to engage in an activity, is posited to be associated with negative consequences. The present study sought to determine the role of the two types of passion in various cognitive and affective states associated with dependence and problems with gambling. Participants (n = 412) were recruited at the Montréal Casino and given a questionnaire measuring passion toward gambling, as well as consequences associated with dependence and problem gambling. Results showed that obsessive passion for gambling predicted poorer vitality and concentration in daily tasks, as well as increased rumination, anxiety, negative mood, guilt, and problem gambling. These relations were not found for harmon...

Research paper thumbnail of Broadening the Study of Infant Security of Attachment: Maternal Autonomy-support in the Context of Infant Exploration

Research paper thumbnail of Passion and performance attainment in sport

Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of On the Hierarchical Structure of Self-Determined Motivation: A Test of Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Reciprocal, and Horizontal Effects

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Balance Across Contexts: Importance of Balanced Need Satisfaction Across Various Life Domains

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Passion in the romantic sphere: A look at relational outcomes

Motivation and Emotion, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Trust in organismic development, autonomy support, and adaptation among mothers and their children

Motivation and Emotion, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Balance Across Contexts: Importance of Balanced Need Satisfaction Across Various Life Domains

Personality and …, Jan 1, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Raising trophy kids: The role of mothers' contingent self-esteem in maternal promotion of extrinsic goals

Journal of adolescence, Jan 21, 2015

This study examined the role of mothers' child-invested contingent self-esteem, that is, thei... more This study examined the role of mothers' child-invested contingent self-esteem, that is, their tendency to hinge their self-worth on their child's achievements, in maternal promotion of extrinsic goals, as perceived by adolescents. It was also examined whether maternal promotion of extrinsic goals would, in turn, relate to adolescents' Social Dominance Orientation (SDO). Participants were 184 mothers and their adolescent children (66% female). Maternal child-invested contingent self-esteem predicted adolescent-perceived maternal promotion of extrinsic goals, even when taking into account the variance shared between the promotion of extrinsic goals and mothers' use of a controlling parenting style. Maternal child-invested contingent self-esteem also moderated associations between mothers' personal pursuit of extrinsic goals and their promotion of those goals, such that the association between mothers' own extrinsic goals and their promotion of those goals was ...

Research paper thumbnail of Attending to the Exploration Side of Infant Attachment: Contributions From Self-Determination Theory

Canadian Psychology-psychologie Canadienne, 2009

Understanding the intergenerational transmission of attachment patterns has been a main focus of ... more Understanding the intergenerational transmission of attachment patterns has been a main focus of attachment research for many years. Most of the empirical work conducted on this question has addressed maternal sensitivity to infants’ attachment needs. Given that security of attachment is defined as an attachment/exploration balance, some researchers have stressed the need to explore maternal behaviours in the context of

Research paper thumbnail of Les Passions de l'Âme: On Obsessive and Harmonious Passion

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003

Passion is defined as a strong inclination toward an activity that people like, that they find im... more 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 that leads individuals to choose to engage in the activity that they like. HP promotes healthy adaptation whereas OP thwarts it by causing negative affect and rigid persistence. Results from four studies involving more than 900 participants from different populations supported the proposed conceptualization.

Research paper thumbnail of On the Role of Passion in Performance

Journal of Personality, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of On the Development of Harmonious and Obsessive Passion: The Role of Autonomy Support, Activity Specialization, and Identification With the Activity

Journal of Personality, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Harmonious passion as an explanation of the relation between signature strengths' use and well-being at work: Test of an intervention program

Research paper thumbnail of Parental autonomy support and honesty: The mediating role of identification with the honesty value and perceived costs and benefits of honesty

Journal of Adolescence, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of On the risk of being a cultural chameleon: variations in collective self-esteem across social interactions

Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 2006

In the present study the authors used an event-contingent daily recording strategy, the Rochester... more In the present study the authors used an event-contingent daily recording strategy, the Rochester Interaction Record, to examine the relation of perceived evaluations of a multicultural person's heritage group to the nature and quality of his or her social interactions. Hierarchical linear modeling showed that having an interaction partner who positively evaluated one's heritage culture was associated with significantly enhanced interaction intimacy, disclosure, and quality, as well as with feelings of personal acceptance. Moderator analyses revealed that individuals who possessed a chameleon-like cultural identity and those who had low public collective self-esteem were particularly reactive to how their heritage group was being evaluated.

Research paper thumbnail of The coach-athlete relationship: a motivational model

Journal of sports sciences, 2003

The aim of this paper is to present a motivational model of the coach-athlete relationship that d... more The aim of this paper is to present a motivational model of the coach-athlete relationship that describes how coaches may influence athletes' motivation. In line with cognitive evaluation theory (Deci and Ryan, 1980, 1985) and the hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (Vallerand, 1997, 2000), a motivational sequence is proposed where coaches' personal orientation towards coaching, the context within which they operate, and their perceptions of their athletes' behaviour and motivation influence coaches' behaviours. Also, coaches' behaviours in the form of autonomy-supportive behaviours, provision of structure and involvement have a beneficial impact on athletes' needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness, which, in turn, nurture athletes' intrinsic motivation and self-determined types of extrinsic motivation. Here, we first review coaches' autonomy-supportive behaviours. We then describe the psychological processes through which ...

Research paper thumbnail of Passion and gambling: on the validation of the Gambling Passion Scale (GPS)

Journal of gambling studies / co-sponsored by the National Council on Problem Gambling and Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, 2002

Vallerand and his colleagues (Vallerand & Blanchard, 1999; Vallerand, Blanchard, Koestner, & Gagn... more Vallerand and his colleagues (Vallerand & Blanchard, 1999; Vallerand, Blanchard, Koestner, & Gagné, 2001) have recently proposed a new concept of passion. According to these authors, passion refers to a strong inclination toward an activity that we like, find important, and in which we invest time. Vallerand et al. have identified two types of passion: obsessive and harmonious. Obsessive passion refers to an internal pressure that forces an individual to engage in the activity. Harmonious passion, on the other hand, refers to an internal force that leads an individual to choose freely to engage in an activity. While obsessive passion has been shown in some circumstances to lead to negative psychological and physical consequences, harmonious passion generally leads to positive psychological and physical consequences. The purpose of the present research was to validate a measure of passion toward gambling: the Gambling Passion Scale (GPS). The GPS consists of two subscales (obsessive ...

Research paper thumbnail of Autonomous and Controlled Motivation for Parenting: Associations with Parent and Child Outcomes

Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2014

ABSTRACT The present investigation examined motivation for parenting and some of its correlates i... more ABSTRACT The present investigation examined motivation for parenting and some of its correlates in parents and children. The data came from samples of 151 first-time mothers of infants, 153 mothers of middle school children, and 260 mothers and fathers of high school children. Parents provided self-report data about their motivation in their parenting role as well as reports of role satisfaction, parental competence, child temperament, and parenting styles. Using three samples, factor analyses confirmed the distinction between autonomous and controlled forms of parenting motivation. Autonomous motivation refers to investing in the parenting role because it is interesting and meaningful whereas controlled motivation refers to investment based on external or internal pressures. Results showed that autonomous motivation was associated concurrently with parenting satisfaction and competence as well as with authoritative and autonomy-supportive parenting styles. Child temperament was unrelated to parenting motivation, but mothers reported greater autonomous motivation for girls than boys and for younger children rather than older children. Autonomous parenting motivation was associated with children reporting autonomy supportive parenting and high levels of well-being. A prospective analysis showed that controlled parenting motivation in first time mothers was associated with reductions in parenting satisfaction as infants became toddlers. A similar analysis showed that autonomous parenting motivation was associated with children developing fewer behavior problems whereas controlled motivation was associated with children developing more behavioral problems. The present findings highlight the heuristic value of assessing why parents invest themselves in the parenting role.

Research paper thumbnail of The moderating effect of passion on the relation between activity engagement and positive affect

Motivation and Emotion, 2007

The present diary study investigates the moderating effect of passion on the relation between act... more The present diary study investigates the moderating effect of passion on the relation between activity engagement and daily positive affect. In line with past research (Vallerand et al. 2003, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 756) it is suggested that people with an obsessive passion have more difficulties putting their passion aside to invest themselves in other activities, to a

Research paper thumbnail of When Passion Leads to Problematic Outcomes: A Look at Gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies - J GAMBL STUD, 2004

Vallerand et al. (2003) have proposed that individuals can have two distinct types of passion tow... more Vallerand et al. (2003) have proposed that individuals can have two distinct types of passion toward an activity. Harmonious passion, an internal force leading one to choose to engage in the activity, is proposed to be associated with positive consequences. Obsessive passion, an internal pressure forcing one to engage in an activity, is posited to be associated with negative consequences. The present study sought to determine the role of the two types of passion in various cognitive and affective states associated with dependence and problems with gambling. Participants (n = 412) were recruited at the Montréal Casino and given a questionnaire measuring passion toward gambling, as well as consequences associated with dependence and problem gambling. Results showed that obsessive passion for gambling predicted poorer vitality and concentration in daily tasks, as well as increased rumination, anxiety, negative mood, guilt, and problem gambling. These relations were not found for harmon...

Research paper thumbnail of Broadening the Study of Infant Security of Attachment: Maternal Autonomy-support in the Context of Infant Exploration

Research paper thumbnail of Passion and performance attainment in sport

Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of On the Hierarchical Structure of Self-Determined Motivation: A Test of Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Reciprocal, and Horizontal Effects

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Balance Across Contexts: Importance of Balanced Need Satisfaction Across Various Life Domains

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Passion in the romantic sphere: A look at relational outcomes

Motivation and Emotion, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Trust in organismic development, autonomy support, and adaptation among mothers and their children

Motivation and Emotion, 2008