Just Need Some Satisfaction: Examining the Relationship between Passion for Exercise and the Basic Psychological Needs

Individuals often pursue activities for which they are passionate about, and this passion is operationalized as being harmonious (an autonomous desireto engage in the activity) or obsessive (a controlled desire to engage in the activity) in nature (Vallerand et al., 2003). With regard to harmonious passion, Vallerand et al. (2003) suggests that it is fostered in environments that nurture innate needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The purpose of the present study was to explore the nature of the passion-basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, relatedness) relationship. Kinesiology students (N = 917; Mage = 18.54 SD = 1.66) completed the Passion Scale (Vallerand et al., 2003) and the Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Scale (Wilson et al., 2006). Results from the SEM path analysis indicated that harmonious passion was positively related to competence (SPE = .43) and relatedness (SPE = .43) and obsessive passion was negatively related to autonomy (SPE = -.18)(CFI = .90, RMSEA = .07, SRMR = .07). Implications for exercise participation/enjoyment are discussed.

The Kremlin plays the immigration card. OSW Commentary No. 112, 2013-08-19

Russia is currently the world’s second most popular destination country for international migrants (second only to the United States). In recent years, Russia’s relatively high economic growth has attracted foreign workers from poorer neighbouring republics in Central Asia, as well as from Ukraine and Belarus. In the absence of a consistent immigration policy, the largescale influx of immigrants has become a major issue affecting social relations in Russia. The majority of Russians oppose the arrival of both foreign workers and internal migrants from Russia’s North Caucasus republics, claiming that their presence in Russia contributes to the escalation of ethnic and religious tensions, fuels organised crime and corruption, and increases competition on the labour market. As many as 70% of Russians are in favour of restricting the number of immigrants allowed into the country, calling on the government for a more stringent policy on immigration. Since the end of July the authorities have responded to these calls by carrying out a series of raids on markets and construction sites across Moscow, where most immigrants tend to find employment. The raids have led to arrests and deportations. However, these measures should not be seen as a serious attempt to deal with the problem of economic migrants in the capital, mainly because of the highly selective and staged nature of the crackdown. This, coupled with the timing of the initiative, might indicate that the raids are a part of an ongoing election campaign, particularly in the run-up to the Moscow mayoral elections scheduled for 8 September. By adopting anti-immigration rhetoric, the Kremlin is seeking both to garner support among Russian voters, who tend to be easily swayed by nationalist sentiments, and to steal the anti-immigration card from the opposition and its leader Alexei Navalny. The opposition has been calling for a clearer policy on this issue and has blamed the government for the current lack of control over migrant numbers, accusing the authorities of benefiting from the widespread corruption linked to immigration. In a broader context, the actions taken by the government are a response to the declining legitimacy of the current ruling elite. By attempting to address the immigration issue, the Kremlin is trying to restore its image as a government attentive to social problems and capable of solving them effectively.

Pawns, four poetic plays,

Mode of access: Internet.

Del cielo al abismo! Drama en tres actos, inspirado en la hermosa novela de Montepin, Une passion.

"Estrenado ... la noche del 12 de marzo de 1890, en el Teatro Hidalgo."

Dates and performances of Thomas D'Urfey's plays.

"Intended to confirm, to supplement, and occasionally to correct the information contained in Genest's account of the English stage and in Allardyce Nicoll's histories of the restoration and eighteenth-century drama."

Japanese plays (versified) /

Mode of access: Internet.

How to teach kitchen garden; or, Object lessons in household work, including songs, plays, exercises, and games illustrating household occupations.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Northern passion : four parallel texts and the French original, with specimens of additional manuscripts /

Mode of access: Internet.

Recital pieces the whole world plays : containing forty-seven compositions, especially adapted for solo playing, by the most celebrated modern and contemporary composers /

Contains works by Moussorgsky, Arensky, Brahms, Debussy, Dvorak, Gliére, Grieg and others.

The Plays, histories, and novels of the ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn : with life and memoirs /

Each volume has also, as special t.-p., a reproduction of the original t.p.; v. 1-4: Plays written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn. In four volumes, 3rd ed., London, 1724; v. 5-6: All the histories and novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn, intire in two volumes. Pub. by Mr. Charles Gildon.

Ten choral preludes. [music] : Two choral variations. Three chorales. Final chorus of Saint Matthews Passion, in the original version /

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Archaelogic and historic fragments. Containing, inter alia, a facsimile of a rare ms. page dated 1638, having reference to two of Shakespeare's most famous plays, with notes thereon.

On a ms. list of plays of the year 1638. -- Sir Anthony Browne, standard bearer to king Henry VIII, and his descendants. -- On the source and nomenclature of the river Thames. -- On Sir Philip Sidney and his father, Sir Henry Sidney, in relation to Ludlow castle. -- Episodes in the career of Humphrey duke of Gloucester, and his first duchess, and their connection with the abbey of St. Albans. -- On the involuntary visit of Philip of Austria and Juana of Spain to Weymouth in 1506, and its consequences. -- Recuiver, the Regulbium of the Romans. -- Appendix.

Plays,

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The speaker's garland and literary bouquet. v. 1-10. : Combining 100 choice selections, nos. 1-40. Embracing new and standard productions of oratory, sentiment, eloquence, pathos, wit, humor and amateur plays.

Comp. by Phineas Garrett.

Plays.

Typed t.-p. supplied.