Ambivalence is a topic that is receiving an extending amount of attention in research on
attitudes and decision-making (see eg Armitage & Arden, 2007; Clark, Wegener, & Fabrigar …

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 …

Ambivalence and dissonance research provides insights into the experiences and
consequences of cognitive conflict. Despite the conceptual overlap between both conflicts …

Traditionally, ambivalence has been conceptualized as a negative influence on decision-
making (Van Harreveld et al., 2009). Challenging this notion, recent work suggests that …

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

People are generally averse toward conflict between beliefs and/or feelings underlying their
attitudes—that is, attitudinal ambivalence. This review integrates literature on attitudinal …

Political scientists and psychologists recognize the presence of ambivalence in our attitudes,
but conceptions of ambivalence are widely varied. Is ambivalence common or rare? Is it a …

Existing models of ambivalence suggest that as the number of conflicting reactions (eg,
attitude components) increases, so too does the experience of ambivalence. Interestingly …

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 …

The relation between conflicting evaluations of attitude objects (potential ambivalence) and
associated unpleasant feelings (felt ambivalence) was investigated. Participants indicated …