Beyond Pleasure: Exploring the Eudaimonic Entertainment Experience

Autor/inn/en	Wirth, Werner; Hofer, Matthias; Schramm, Holger
Titel	Beyond Pleasure: Exploring the Eudaimonic Entertainment Experience
Quelle	In: Human Communication Research, 38 (2012) 4, S.406-428 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-3989
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-2958.2012.01434.x
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Factor Analysis; Films; Construct Validity; Psychological Studies; Recreational Activities; Leisure Time; Predictor Variables; Story Grammar; Factor Structure; Psychological Patterns; Affective Measures + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Faktorenanalyse; Film; Freizeitgestaltung; Freizeit; Prädiktor; Faktorenstruktur
Abstract	We examine the notion of eudaimonic entertainment during exposure to a sad but meaningful movie, using a new measure consisting of 5 dimensions derived from research on positive psychology. We, thereby, transfer the conception of eudaimonic well-being to the conception of entertainment. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis show that the 5 dimensions can be further condensed into 2 second-order factors. We applied these new measures in a study in which the ending of a movie was manipulated (sad vs. happy). The results provide both discriminant and convergent validity and show that hedonic entertainment measures were affected by the manipulation, but that eudaimonic entertainment measures were unaffected. A second study provided further evidence for the validity of the construct. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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