Understanding the dual nature of ambivalence: Why and when ambivalence leads to good and bad outcomes

NB Rothman, MG Pratt, L Rees… - Academy of Management …, 2017 - journals.aom.org
A growing body of research unveils the ubiquity of ambivalence—the simultaneous
experience of positive and negative emotional or cognitive orientations toward a person …

[BOOK][B] Social support and physical health: Understanding the health consequences of relationships

BN Uchino - 2004 - books.google.com
This book will change the way we understand the future of our planet. It is both alarming and
hopeful. James Gustave Speth, renowned as a visionary environmentalist leader, warns that …

Social ambivalence and disease (SAD): A theoretical model aimed at understanding the health implications of ambivalent relationships

J Holt-Lunstad, BN Uchino - Perspectives on Psychological …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The protective influence of social relationships on health is widely documented; however,
not all relationships are positive, and negative aspects of relationships may be detrimental …

Social support and physical health: Models, mechanisms, and opportunities

BN Uchino, K Bowen, R Kent de Grey, J Mikel… - Principles and concepts …, 2018 - Springer
Social support is defined as the perceived or actual receipt of social resources (eg, tangible,
emotional) and is one of the most reliable predictors of disease morbidity and mortality. In …

The impact of mindfulness on empathy, active listening, and perceived provisions of emotional support

SM Jones, GD Bodie… - Communication …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Mindfulness has emerged as an important factor that assists people in regulating difficult
emotions, but it is not yet known whether mindfulness plays a role in supportive …

Social support and health.

CE Ross - 1986 - JSTOR
274 BOOK REVIEWS good review for someone beginning research in the area of social
support and health. Chapters discuss theory, measurement, modeling (for example, does …

As social support: Relational closeness, automaticity, and interpreting social support from paralinguistic digital affordances in social media

CT Carr, DY Wohn, RA Hayes - Computers in Human Behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
Many social media facilitate paralinguistic digital affordances (PDAs): one-click tools for
phatic communication to which senders and receivers alike ascribe meaning. This research …

Social relationships and health: Is feeling positive, negative, or both (ambivalent) about your social ties related to telomeres?

BN Uchino, RM Cawthon, TW Smith, KC Light… - Health …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: The quality of one's personal relationships has been linked to morbidity and
mortality across different diseases. As a result, it is important to examine more integrative …

Spousal relationship quality and cardiovascular risk: Dyadic perceptions of relationship ambivalence are associated with coronary-artery calcification

BN Uchino, TW Smith, CA Berg - Psychological science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The quality of spousal relationships has been related to physical-health outcomes. However,
most studies have focused on relationship positivity or negativity in isolation, despite the fact …

Optimal functioning in society: A conceptualization, a measure, and a look at determinants

LA Chénard-Poirier, RJ Vallerand… - Journal of Happiness …, 2023 - Springer
This research presents the conceptualization and validation of a new scale assessing a
multidimensional perspective on well-being named “Optimal Functioning in Society”(OFIS; …