Ambivalence refers to a psychological conflict between opposing evaluations, often
experienced as being torn between alternatives. This dynamic aspect of ambivalence is …

Highlights•Mixed feelings include ambivalence: simultaneous positive and negative
evaluations.•Measures of objective and subjective ambivalence can reveal hidden mixed …

Prior research exploring the relationship between evaluations and body movements has
focused on one-sided evaluations. However, people regularly encounter objects or …

Ambivalence refers to the experience of having both positive and negative thoughts and
feelings at the same time about the same object, person, or issue. Although ambivalence …

The experience of attitudinal ambivalence (subjective ambivalence) is important because it
predicts key consequences of attitudes (eg, attitude–behavior correspondence, attitude …

This research proposes that expressed emotional ambivalence elicits greater dominance in
observers than expressed happiness or anger because ambivalence conveys deliberation …

It has long been debated whether attitudinal ambivalence elicits negative affect and
evidence for such a link is inconclusive. Using facial EMG, we tested the idea that affective …

Ambivalence, the presence of positive and negative reactions toward an object, typically
involves the subjective experience of conflict. We investigate the role that the perceived …

In two studies we examined the nature and consequence of ambivalent attitudes. In the first
study, we assessed whether holding ambivalent attitudes was aversive, and tested whether …

In a world where individuals are continuously exposed to information, the experience of
ambivalence has become an intricate part of human existence. Recently, the consequences …