Individual differences in thinking style and dealing with contradiction: The mediating role of mixed emotions.

The present research examined how individuals' thinking style (holistic vs. analytic) is associated with the way they deal with contradictory information and whether experiencing mixed emotions can mediate this relationship. Participants first completed the thinking style measure and then were...

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Autores principales:	David Santos, Blanca Requero, Manuel Martín-Fernández
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6628ed60653948d59eeb6deebcec42a92021-12-02T20:14:11ZIndividual differences in thinking style and dealing with contradiction: The mediating role of mixed emotions.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0257864https://doaj.org/article/6628ed60653948d59eeb6deebcec42a92021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257864https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The present research examined how individuals' thinking style (holistic vs. analytic) is associated with the way they deal with contradictory information and whether experiencing mixed emotions can mediate this relationship. Participants first completed the thinking style measure and then were exposed to two contradictory pieces of information (Studies 1 and 2). In study 2, we also measured the experience of mixed emotions to test the mediating role of this variable. Across two studies, we found that individuals with a holistic thinking style were more able to reconcile contradictory information compared to individuals with an analytic thinking style. Study 2 showed that the relationship between thinking style and dealing with contradiction was mediated by the experience of mixed emotions. This research extends previous findings on confrontation of contradiction and mixed emotions by using an individual-differences rather than a cultural-differences approach, and establishes mixed emotions as a plausible mediating variable.David SantosBlanca RequeroManuel Martín-FernándezPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0257864 (2021)
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description	The present research examined how individuals' thinking style (holistic vs. analytic) is associated with the way they deal with contradictory information and whether experiencing mixed emotions can mediate this relationship. Participants first completed the thinking style measure and then were exposed to two contradictory pieces of information (Studies 1 and 2). In study 2, we also measured the experience of mixed emotions to test the mediating role of this variable. Across two studies, we found that individuals with a holistic thinking style were more able to reconcile contradictory information compared to individuals with an analytic thinking style. Study 2 showed that the relationship between thinking style and dealing with contradiction was mediated by the experience of mixed emotions. This research extends previous findings on confrontation of contradiction and mixed emotions by using an individual-differences rather than a cultural-differences approach, and establishes mixed emotions as a plausible mediating variable.
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title	Individual differences in thinking style and dealing with contradiction: The mediating role of mixed emotions.
title_short	Individual differences in thinking style and dealing with contradiction: The mediating role of mixed emotions.
title_full	Individual differences in thinking style and dealing with contradiction: The mediating role of mixed emotions.
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Individual differences in thinking style and dealing with contradiction: The mediating role of mixed emotions.

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