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Motivational Interviewing: An Investigation into the Effectiveness of a Mental Health Intervention for Children and Young People
Motivational Interviewing within an Educational Context
Supporting students with SEND on their transition through Further Education to adulthood: A SENDCO’s perspective
Who really cares? A discussion of homophobia in sport
The conversation on homophobia in sport in the UK is often hobbled by the prurient interest in the names of specific gay (and never lesbian) professional footballers.
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‘Ambivalence is normal human nature’
21 April 2022
'On second thought: How ambivalence shapes your life' by William R. Miller is published by Guilford Press.
- Cognition and perception
- Emotion
Astronauts and ambivalence: the week’s best psychology links
19 March 2021
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web.
- Research
What does an ambivalent mood do to your problem-solving skills?
13 April 2016
When you’re feeling a muss of conflicted feelings, take a step back and identify where that message is coming from.
- Cognition and perception
- Emotion
“Frenemies” both help and harm each other at work
02 November 2021
New research highlights both the positives and negatives of ambivalent workplace relationships.
- Work and occupational
A silenced part of mothering
15 April 2021
A mother is in a playground and feels a fleeting feeling of hate for her child. This emotion upsets her. But what she doesn’t know is it’s perfectly normal... Dr Margo Lowy explores.
- Children, young people and families
When the veil of certainty falls
19 June 2020
Eleonore Batteux considers whether the pandemic will change our desire to see the future as predictable.
- Cognition and perception
- Covid
We find it hard to identify the emotions of intense screams and moans
30 June 2021
Facial expressions can be hard to read — and not just when someone is experiencing a mild emotion or feels ambivalent.
- Emotion
A preliminary taxonomy of the voices inside your head
19 May 2015
Despite the shortcomings and need for more research, this is a novel approach to the study of our inner conversations.
- Mental health
- Cognition and perception
The ascension of parent–offspring ties
08 January 2016
How are bonds between parents and their grown-up children changing, and what impact do they have? Karen Fingerman looks at the evidence.
- Children, young people and families
- Developmental
Book Reviews, February 2007
18 February 2007
Cross-cultural peer relationships; contributions to positive psychology; anger management; exercising the mind; and more
- BPS updates
- Periodicals
- Periodicals
A tale of reluctance, ambivalence, reassurance and restoration on the journey towards creating a Systemic Interventions Service for Older people
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 372
Date of Publication: 01-02-2024
Author(s): Sherley M. Tordoff, Joy Bates
View A tale of reluctance, ambivalence, reassurance and restoration on the journey towards creating a Systemic Interventions Service for Older peopleThe necessary ambivalence of David Smail: A critical realist reflection
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 297
Date of Publication: 01-09-2017
Author(s): David Pilgrim
View The necessary ambivalence of David Smail: A critical realist reflectionThe role of dialecticism in objective and subjective attitudinal ambivalence
01-11-2021
- Andrew Luttrell
- Richard E. Petty
- Jen‐Ho Chang
- LaCount J. Togans
Benefits of being ambivalent: The relationship between trait ambivalence and attribution biases
07-09-2020
- Iris K. Schneider
- Sheida Novin
- Frenk Harreveld
- Oliver Genschow
Certainty in holistic thinking and responses to contradiction: Dialectical proverbs, counter-attitudinal change and ambivalence
01-07-2024
- David Santos
- Blanca Requero
- Lorena Moreno
- Pablo Briñol
- Richard Petty
The social tensions felt within: Explaining felt ambivalence about polarized societal debates through perceived opinion discrepancies in the social environment
11-09-2022
- Gonneke Marina Ton
- Katherine Stroebe
- Martijn Zomeren
Fear of compassion is associated with treatment ambivalence and negative expectations for treatment in people with anxiety
12-06-2021
- Olivia A. Merritt
- Christine Purdon
Mixed feelings: Ambivalence as a predictor of relapse in ex-smokers
09-03-2011
- Karin M. Menninga
- Arie Dijkstra
- Winifred A. Gebhardt
Encouraging acceptance of ambivalence using the expressive writing paradigm
20-05-2011
- Rebecca E. Kelly
- Alex M. Wood
- Katherine Shearman
- Stephanie Phillips
- Warren Mansell
Ambivalence about health-related behaviours: An exploration in the domain of food choice
16-12-2010
- Paul Sparks
- Mark Conner
- Rhiannon James
- Richard Shepherd
- Rachel Povey
Moderating role of attitudinal ambivalence within the theory of planned behaviour
16-12-2010
- Mark Conner
- Rachel Povey
- Paul Sparks
- Rhiannon James
- Richard Shepherd
Cross-valence inhibition in forming and retrieving ambivalent attitudes
05-09-2022
- Pierpaolo Primoceri
- Johannes Ullrich
Ambivalence and information integration in attitudinal judgment
16-12-2010
- Frenk Harreveld
- Joop Pligt
- Nanne K. Vries
- Clemens Wenneker
- Dieter Verhue
Nations' income inequality predicts ambivalence in stereotype content: How societies mind the gap
05-10-2012
- Federica Durante
- Susan T. Fiske
- Nicolas Kervyn
- Amy J. C. Cuddy
- Adebowale (Debo) Akande
- Bolanle E. Adetoun
- Modupe F. Adewuyi
- Magdeline M. Tserere
- Ananthi Al Ramiah
- Khairul Anwar Mastor
- Fiona Kate Barlow
- Gregory Bonn
- Romin W. Tafarodi
- Janine Bosak
- Ed Cairns
- Claire Doherty
- Dora Capozza
- Anjana Chandran
- Xenia Chryssochoou
- Tilemachos Iatridis
- Juan Manuel Contreras
- Rui Costa‐Lopes
- Roberto González
- Janet I. Lewis
- Gerald Tushabe
- Jacques‐Philippe Leyens
- Renée Mayorga
- Nadim N. Rouhana
- Vanessa Smith Castro
- Rolando Perez
- Rosa Rodríguez‐Bailón
- Miguel Moya
- Elena Morales Marente
- Marisol Palacios Gálvez
- Chris G. Sibley
- Frank Asbrock
- Chiara C. Storari
The role of unrecognized ambivalence: The mirroring of family conflicts within the professional and legal network
12-07-2011
- Alicia Etchegoyen
- Melissa Adams
A relational perspective on how and when follower attachment style impacts job performance: The moderating role of leader neuroticism
29-05-2024
- Allan Lee
- Joanne Lyubovnikova
- Geoff Thomas
- Gary Schwarz
- Jie Cao
Surviving moment to moment: The experience of living in a state of ambivalence for those with recurrent suicide attempts
12-05-2017
- Yvonne Bergmans
- Evelyn Gordon
- Rahel Eynan
Psychosocial determinants of ecstasy use in young people in the UK
20-06-2011
- Mark Conner
- Kellie Sherlock
- Sheina Orbell
Moderation of cognition-intention and cognition-behaviour relations: A meta-analysis of properties of variables from the theory of planned behaviour
16-12-2010
- Richard Cooke
- Paschal Sheeran