The Relationship between Passion for Work and Subjective Well-being for Volunteers in Sport: The Mediating Effect of Multidimensional Rumination

• Main Authors: Lin, Yu-Pin, 林育苹
• Other Authors: Chen, Kuan-Yu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4xqy46

碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 休閒運動健康系所 === 104 === The demand for volunteers in sport has grown in recent years. As psychological factors used in research of paid work do not apply to research of voluntary services, it is necessary to explore factors affecting an individual’s continued engagement in voluntary services with consideration of factors of unpaid work. To the best of our knowledge, empirical research on individual characteristics (passion) and psychological factors (rumination and subjective well-being) of volunteers is very rare. Hence, this study attempted to explore the relationship among individual passion for activities, multidimensional rumination, and subjective well-being to find if there is any kind of passion that can better induce subjective well-being in sports volunteers. Besides, this study also examined if the relationship between passion and subjective well-being is mediated by any variable. Carpentier et al. (2012) have empirically tested the mediating effect of rumination on the relationship between passion and well-being. However, they measured rumination as a single dimension and considered it as a negative emotional factor. In recent years, many scholars have begun to view rumination as multidimensional and investigate its influence on positive/negative emotions and life satisfaction (Fritz, 1999). Based on Carpentier et al. (2012) and also viewing rumination as multidimensional, this study examined the mediating effect of multidimensional rumination on the relationship between passion and subjective well-being. From a sample consisting of 307 sports volunteers, this study obtained the following conclusions: Sports volunteers with harmonious passion were more likely to engage in instrumental rumination and less likely to engage in emotion-focused rumination and meaning-searching rumination. They felt a sense of well-being easily. In contrast, sports volunteers with obsessive passion were more likely to engage in emotion-focused rumination and meaning-searching rumination easily and less likely to engage in instrumental rumination. As a result, they reported a lower level of subjective well-being. The empirical results confirmed that multidimensional rumination played a mediating role in the relationship between passion for activities and subjective well-being. Based on findings, this study also discussed numerous issues and managerial implications. Keywords: harmonious passion, obsessive passion, multidimensional rumination, sports volunteers, subjective well-being