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. 2013 Sep;25(3):796-809.
doi: 10.1037/a0032573. Epub 2013 May 6.

Passion: Does one scale fit all? Construct validity of two-factor passion scale and psychometric invariance over different activities and languages

Herbert W Marsh  1 , Robert J Vallerand, Marc-André K Lafrenière, Philip Parker, Alexandre J S Morin, Noémie Carbonneau, Sophia Jowett, Julien S Bureau, Claude Fernet, Frédéric Guay, Adel Salah Abduljabbar, Yvan Paquet
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Passion: Does one scale fit all? Construct validity of two-factor passion scale and psychometric invariance over different activities and languages

Herbert W Marsh et al. Psychol Assess. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

The passion scale, based on the dualistic model of passion, measures 2 distinct types of passion: Harmonious and obsessive passions are predictive of adaptive and less adaptive outcomes, respectively. In a substantive-methodological synergy, we evaluate the construct validity (factor structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity) of Passion Scale responses (N = 3,571). The exploratory structural equation model fit to the data was substantially better than the confirmatory factor analysis solution, and resulted in better differentiated (less correlated) factors. Results from a 13-model taxonomy of measurement invariance supported complete invariance (factor loadings, factor correlations, item uniquenesses, item intercepts, and latent means) over language (French vs. English; the instrument was originally devised in French, then translated into English) and gender. Strong measurement partial invariance over 5 passion activity groups (leisure, sport, social, work, education) indicates that the same set of items is appropriate for assessing passion across a wide variety of activities--a previously untested, implicit assumption that greatly enhances practical utility. Support was found for the convergent and discriminant validity of the harmonious and obsessive passion scales, based on a set of validity correlates: life satisfaction, rumination, conflict, time investment, activity liking and valuation, and perceiving the activity as a passion.

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