Ben Schellenberg, PhD

• Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Social and Personality Psychology
• Health Psychology

• Postdoctoral Fellowship (Psychology), University of Ottawa (2018)
• PhD (Psychology), University of Manitoba (2015)
• M.A. (Kinesiology), University of British Columbia (2011)
• B.A. (Hons.) (Psychology), University of Winnipeg (2008)

• Physical Activity, Health and Wellness (KPER 1200)
• Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (KPER 2540)
• Social Psychology of Leisure (REC 3180)

Holding, A., Verner-Filion, J., Lalande, D., Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Vallerand, R. J. (in press). The roles of need satisfaction and passion in behavioural addiction: The case of video gaming and gambling. Motivation Science.

Kullman, S., Semenchuk, B., Ceccarelli, L., Strachan, S., & Schellenberg, B. J. I. (in press). Adjusting identities when times change: The role of self-compassion. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology.

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Verner-Filion, J. (in press). Fuelled by passion: Obsessive passion amplifies positive and negative feelings throughout a hockey playoff series. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2020-0259. Preprint is publicly available at https://psyarxiv.com/2njc4

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Bailis, D. S. (in press). More questions about multiple passions: Who has them, how many do people have, and the relationship between polyamorous passion and well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00369-2. Preprint is publicly available at https://psyarxiv.com/j2eq5

Schellenberg, B. J. I., Verner-Filion, J., & Gaudreau, P. (in press). Savoring sport: Connections with athlete passion and burnout. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. Preprint is publicly available at https://psyarxiv.com/6pj2n

Schellenberg, B. J. I., Verner-Filion, J., Quach, A., & Bailis, D. S. (2021). Basketball jones: Fan passion, motives, and reactions to the suspension of the National Basketball Association season due to COVID-19. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 54, 101885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101885. Preprint is publicly available. 

Bailis, D. S., Brais, N. J. J. R., Single, A. N., & Schellenberg, B. J. I. (2021). Self-Compassion buffers impaired decision-making by potential problem gamblers in a casino setting. Journal of Gambling Studies.

Verner-Filion, J., Schellenberg, B. J. I., Holding, A. S., & Koestner, R. (in press). Is your passion fuelling your long-term goal pursuit? The mediating role of grit in the relation between students' passion and adjustment over a semester. Learning and Individual Differences.

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Gaudreau, P. (2021). An inch away from being mentally tough: Performance bias in ratings of mental toughness. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 10, 59-70. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000210. Preprint is publicly available at https://psyarxiv.com/rphj9.

Schellenberg, B. J. I., Mosewich, A. D., Bailis, D. S., Gaudreau, P., & Verner-Filion, J. (2021). When self-compassion loses its luster: Ratings of self-compassionate and self-critical responding among passionate students. The Journal of Experimental Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2019.1693946.  Preprint is publicly available at https://psyarxiv.com/vk7n3
 
Schellenberg, B. J. I., Sabiston, C. M., Vallerand, R. J., & Gaudreau, P. (2021). Passion among breast cancer survivors: A 12-month prospective study. Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105319860890
 
Schellenberg, B. J. I., Verner-Filion, J., & Gaudreau, P. (2020). We are the champions, but how do we respond? Savoring and dampening in response to championship victories among passionate sports fans. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. 42, 261-264.  https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2019-0271. Preprint is publicly available at https://psyarxiv.com/3rx84

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Gaudreau, P. (2020). Savoring and dampening with passion: How passionate people respond when good things happen. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21, 921-941. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00114-w. Preprint is publicly available at https://psyarxiv.com/dwazk

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Bailis, D. S. (2019). Passionately motivated reasoning: Biased processing of passion-threatening messages. Journal of Personality, 87, 518-531. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12412
 
Schellenberg, B. J. I., Verner-Filion, J., Gaudreau, P., Bailis, D. S., Lafrenière, M. -A. K., & Vallerand, R. J. (2019). Testing the dualistic model of passion using a novel quadripartite approach: A look at physical and psychological well-being. Journal of Personality, 87, 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12378 
 
Tamminen, K. A., Page-Gould, E., Schellenberg, B. J. I., Palmateer, T., Thai, S., Sabiston, C. M., & Crocker, P. R. E. (2019). A longitudinal examination of interpersonal emotion regulation, social support, and team performance among varsity athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 45, 101566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101566
 
Verner-Filion, J., Schellenberg, B. J. I., Rapaport, M., Bélanger, J. J., & Vallerand, R. J. (2018). “The thrill of victory… and the agony of defeat”: Passion and emotional reactions to success and failure among recreational golfers. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 40, 280-283. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2017-0316

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Bailis, D. S. (2018). When decisions are clouded by passion: A look at casino patrons. Motivation Science, 4, 274-279. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000086

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Bailis, D. S. (2017). Lay theories of passion in the academic domain. Educational Psychology, 37, 1029-1043. doi: 10.1080/01443410.2017.1322178

Strachan, S., Marcotte, M. M., Giller, T. M., Brunet, J., & Schellenberg, B. J. I. (2017). An online intervention to increase physical activity: Self-regulatory possible selves and the moderating role of self-efficacy. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 31, 158-165. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.05.001

Schellenberg, B. J. I., Bailis, D. S., & Mosewich, A. D. (2016). You have passion, but do you have self-compassion? Harmonious passion, obsessive passion, and responses to passion-related failure. Personality and Individual Differences, 99, 278-285. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.003

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Bailis, D. S. (2016). The two roads of passionate goal pursuit: links with appraisal, coping, and academic achievement. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 29, 287-304. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2015.1036047

Schellenberg, B. J. I., McGrath, D. S., & Dechant, K. (2016). The Gambling Motives Questionnaire Financial: Factor structure, measurement invariance, and relationships with gambling behaviour. International Gambling Studies, 16, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/14459795.2015.1088559

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Bailis, D. S. (2015). Can passion be polyamorous? The impact of having multiple passions on subjective well-being and momentary emotions. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16, 1365-1381. doi: 10.1007/s10902-014-9564-x

Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Bailis, D. S. (2015). Predicting longitudinal trajectories of academic passion in first-year university students.  Learning and Individual Differences, 40, 149-155. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2015.04.008

Schellenberg, B. J. I. (2014). When the going gets tough, do the passionate get going? Mind Pad, 4, 13-16.

Schellenberg, B. J. I., Gunnell, K. E., Mosewich, A. D., & Bailis, D. S. (2014).  Measurement invariance of the Passion Scale across three samples: An ESEM approach. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 18, 242-258. doi: 10.1080/1091367X.2014.942453

Schellenberg, B. J. I., Bailis, D. S., & Crocker, P. R. E. (2013).  Passionate hockey fans: Appraisals of, coping with, and attention paid to the 2012-2013 National Hockey League lockout. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 842-846. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.06.004
       
Schellenberg, B. J. I., Gaudreau, P., & Crocker, P. R. E. (2013).  Passion and coping: Relationships with changes in burnout and goal attainment in collegiate volleyball players. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 35, 270-280.