experience ( Bryant & Veroff, 2007 ). But athletes likely vary in the extent to which they savor the good things that happen in their sport. Research in other areas has found that people who pursue meaningful activities with high levels of harmonious passion (HP) engage in greater levels of savoring, whereas
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Benjamin J.I. Schellenberg, Jérémie Verner-Filion, and Patrick Gaudreau
Sofie Kent, Kieran Kingston, and Kyle F. Paradis
activities (e.g., sport). Rooted in self-determination theory ( Deci & Ryan, 2000a ), the DMP states that passion can be categorized as two distinct but related forms ( Harmonious and Obsessive ). Harmonious passion is derived from an autonomous internalization of values and beliefs through which the