A phenomenological investigation of the experience of ambivalence.

From: Journal of Phenomenological Psychology | Date: March 22, 2006| Author: Harrist, Steve | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Ambivalence, broadly defined as feeling more than one emotion at a time, is thought to be a central aspect of human experience and to play an important role in a range of psychological processes. Ambivalence is experienced in close relationships, identity development, social and political attitudes, decision-making behavior, anxiety states, as well as in psychotherapeutic change. Eight undergraduate students participated in phenomenological interviews that were ...

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