Intervention Training And Effect Of Ambivlence In Intimate Relationship

Intimate relationship is the subject of our lifetime, and the ambivalence of love and hate is of particular concern. When the ambivalence is too intense, intimate relationship satisfaction will be affected. This study recruited 95 students falling in love, in order to weaken the ambivalence to lover by evaluative conditioning and secure attachment priming.Study 1 attempt to intervene the ambivalence by evaluative conditioning, the number of participants both in experimental group and control group is 24. In experimental group, the participants are presented with lover name and positive pictures. In control group, the participants are prensents with lover name and neutral pictures. Study 2 attempt to intervene the ambivalence by priming secure attachment. The number of participants in experimental group is 24, in control group is 23. In experimental group, participants are conducted wih secure prime, in control group is neutral prime condition. The intervention continues for three days, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, the intimate relationship satisfaction, interpersonal relationship and other variables are tested before intervention、after intervention and after a week of intervention.The results are as follows:(1)explicit ambivalence show significantly positive correlation with attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, interpersonal problem, and significantly negatively correlation with the intimate relationship satisfaction; the implicit ambivalence in the study is not successful; (2) individuals with different attachment styles have different intense ambivalence towards romantic partner, the order is fear type> ignore type> attention type> security type; (3) In the study, evaluative conditioning and secure attachment prime have no work to the ambivalence.