Ambivalence, Conflict, and (Social) Decision-Making
Buttlar, B., Lambrich, A., McCaughey, L., & Schneider, I. K. (accepted for publication). Too Much Information? A Systematic Investigation of the Antecedents and Consequences of Ambivalence-Induced Information Seeking Behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychologyhttps://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/spu79_v2
uri, M., Righetti, F., Zoppolat, G., Solleiro Saura, C., & Schneider, I. K. (2025). Loves me, loves me not: Perceived romantic partner's ambivalence is associated with lower personal and relationship well-being. Emotion, https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001493
Hohnsbehn, J., Pauels, E., & Schneider, I. K. (2024). Open for business: How leader ambivalence facilitates upward follower communications via perceptions of increased cognitive flexibility and responsiveness. Current Psychology, 43(48), 3702637043, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-07127-6
uri, M., Righetti, F., Zoppolat, G., Lohmer, C., & Schneider, I. K. (2024). Mixed signals: Romantic jealousy and ambivalence in relationships. Emotion, 25(4), 853868.
Righetti, F., uri, M., & Schneider, I.K. (2026). Beyond good or bad: The four evaluative quadrants of relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 30(1), 83110. https://doi.org/10.1177/10888683241302247
Becker, D., Bijleveld, E., Braem, S., Fr�ber, K., G�tz, F. J., Kleiman, T., K�rner, A., Pfister, R., Reiter, A. M. F., Saunders, B., Schneider, I. K., Soutschelu, A., van Steenbergen, H., & Dignath, D. (2024). An integrative framework of conflict and control. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(8), 757768, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.07.002
Anvari, F., Bachmann J., Sanchez-Burks J., & Schneider, I.K. (2023). Is 'neutral' really neutral? Mid-point ratings in the affective norms english words (ANEW) may mask ambivalence. Collabra: Psychology 9, no. 1: 82204. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.82204 (open access)
Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., Faure, R., & Schneider, I.K. (2024). A systematic study of ambivalence and well-being in romantic relationships. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(3), 329339. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231165585
Unkelbach, C., Alves, H., Baldwin, M., Crusius, J., Diel, K., Galinsky, A. D., Gast, A., Hofmann, W., Imhoff, R., Genschow, O., Lammers, J., Pauels, E., Schneider, I.K., Topolinski, S., Westfal, M., & Mussweiler, T. (2023). Relativity in Social Cognition: Basic processes and novel applications of social comparisons. European Review of Social Psychology, 34(2), 387–440. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2022.2161043 (open access)
Hohnsbehn, J., Urschler, D. & Schneider, I.K. (2022). Torn but Balanced: Trait Ambivalence is Negatively Related to Confirmation Bias. Personality and Individual Differences, 196, 111736.
Frank, C., Dorrough, A. R., & Schneider, I.K. (2022). Ambivalence and Adherence to Preventive Measures during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from the US and Germany. Data in Brief, 42, 108124.
Schneider, I.K., Dorrough, A.R. & Frank, C. (2022). Ambivalence and Self-Reported Adherence to Recommendations to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19. Social Psychology.
Schneider, I.K. & Mattes, A. (2021). Mix is Different from Nix: Mouse Tracking Differentiates Ambivalence from Neutrality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, 104106.
Schneider, I.K., Novin, S., van Harreveld, F., & Genschow, O. (2021). Benefits of Being Ambivalent: The Relationship between Trait Ambivalence and Attribution Biases. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(2), 570586.
Gordon, T., Schneider, I.K., Shavi, S., & Bereby-Meyer, Y. (2020). Leaving with something: When do people experience an equity-efficiency conflict? Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 34 (2).
Righetti, F., Schneider, I.K., Ferrier, D., Spiridonova, T., Xiang, R., & Impett, E.A. (2020). The Bittersweet Taste of Sacrifice: Consequences for Ambivalence and Mixed Reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(10), 19501968.
Schneider, I.K., Stapels, J., Koole, S.L. & Schwarz, N. (2020). Too close to call: Spatial distance between options influences choice difficulty. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 87, 103939.
Schneider, I.K., Gillebaart, M., & Mattes, A. (2019). Meta-analytic evidence for ambivalence resolution as a key process in effortless self-control. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85, 103846.
Schneider, I. K., & Schwarz, N. (2017). Mixed feelings: the case of ambivalence. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 15, 39-45.
Gillebaart M., Schneider, I.K., & De Ridder, T.D. Effects of Trait Self-Control on Response Conflict about Healthy and Unhealthy Food (2016). Journal of Personality, 84, 789-798.
Schneider I.K., Van Harreveld F., Rotteveel M., Topolinski S., van der Pligt J., Schwarz N., & Koole S.L. (2015). The Path of Ambivalence: Tracing the Pull of Opposing Evaluations using Mouse Trajectories. Frontiers in Psychology. 6:996.
van Harreveld, F., Nohlen, H. U., & Schneider, I.K. (2015). The ABC of ambivalence: Affective, behavioral, and cognitive consequences of attitudinal conflict. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 52, 285-324.
Van Harreveld, F., Nohlen, H.U, & Schneider, I.K. (2015) You shall not always get what you want: The consequences of ambivalence towards desires. in L.F. Nordgren & W. Hofmann (Eds), The Psychology of Desire (pp. 267-285). New York: Guilford Press.
van Harreveld, F., Rutjens, B.T., Schneider, I.K., Nohlen, H. & Keskinis, K. (2014). In doubt and disorderly: Ambivalence promotes compensatory perceptions of order. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1666-1676.
Schneider, I.K., Eerland, A., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M., van der Pligt, J., van der Stoep, N., & Zwaan, R.A. (2013). One way and the other: The bi-directional relationship between ambivalence and body movement. Psychological Science, 24, 319-325.
van Harreveld, F., Schneider, I.K., Nohlen, H.U., & van der Pligt, J. (2011). Ambivalence and conflict in attitudes and decision-making. In B. Gawronski & F. Strack (eds.), Cognitive Consistency: A Fundamental Principle in Social Cognition (pp. 267-284) New York: Guilford Press.
Relationships, Trust, Creativity, and More
uri, M., Righetti, F., Zoppolat, G., & Schneider, I. K. (2025). Just Not That Into You: Experiences of Indifference Toward a Romantic Partner. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672251410278
Anvari, F., Moeck, E. K., Franco, V. R., Elson, M., & Schneider, I. K. (2024). The "memory-experience gap" for affect does not reflect a general memory bias to overestimate past affect. Emotion, https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001404
Pauer, S., Rutjens, B. T., Brick, C., Lob, A. B., Buttlar, B., Noordewier, M. K., Schneider, I.K., & van Harreveld, F. (2024). Is the Effect of Trust on Risk Perceptions a Matter of Knowledge, Control, and Time? An Extension and Direct-Replication Attempt of Siegrist and Cvetkovich (2000). Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Anvari, F., Arslan, R.C., Efendi, E., Elson, E., & Schneider, I.K. (2024). No Initial Elevation on Personality Self-Reports in an Online Convenience Sample. Collabra: Psychology 16 January 2024; 10 (1): 117096.
Pauels, E., Schneider, I. K., & Schwarz, N. (2023). Close to the same: Similarity influences remembered distance between stimuli. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 30(5), 18141828. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02267-5
Anvari, F., Efendi, E., Olsen, J., Arslan, R. C., Elson, M., & Schneider, I. K. (2023). Bias in self-reports: An initial elevation phenomenon. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(6), 727-737.
Anvari, F., Rensing, N. Z., Kalokerinos, E. K., Lucas, R. E., & Schneider, I. K. (2025). Assessing validity and bias of within-person variability in affect and personality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51(6), 10781094.
Dorrough, A.R., Bick, N., Bring, L., Brocker, C., Butz, C., & Schneider, I.K. (2022). Caring about (COVID-19 related) social issues signals trustworthiness: Direct and conceptual replication of Zlatev (2019). Collabra: Psychology.
Schneider, I.K. & Mattes, A.M. (2021). The Effect of Spatial Distance between Objects on Categorization Level. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.
Toribio-Fl�rez, D., van Harreveld, F., & Schneider, I.K. (2020). Ambivalence and Interpersonal liking: The expression of ambivalence as social validation of attitudinal conflict. Frontiers in Psychology.
Leung, A.K.Y., Liou, S., Miron-Spektor, E., Koh, B., Chan, D, Eisenberg, R., & Schneider, I.K. (2018). Middle ground approach to paradox: Within- and between-culture examination of the creative benefits of paradoxical frames. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences, 114, 443-464.
Lakens, D., Adolfi, F. G., Albers, C., Anvari, F., Apps, M. A., et al. (2018). Justify your Alpha. Nature Human Behavior, 2, 168-171.
Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K., & Koole, S. L. (2017). The effects of motivational training on state anger and aggressive impulses among people varying in trait anger. Motivation Science, 3(4), 354368.
Schneider, I.K., Veenstra, L., van Harreveld, F., Schwarz, N., & Koole, S.L. (2016). Let's not be indifferent about neutrality: Neutral ratings in the IAPS mask mixed affective responses. Emotion, 16(4), 426430.
Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K., & Koole, S. L. (2017). Embodied mood regulation: The impact of body posture on mood recovery, negative thoughts, and mood-congruent recall. Cognition and Emotion, 31(7), 13611376.
Veenstra, L., Schneider, I.K., Bushman, B. J., & Koole, S. L. (2017). Drawn to danger: Trait anger predicts automatic approach behavior to angry faces. Cognition and Emotion, 31(4), 765771.
van Kleef, G.A., Cheshin, A., Fischer, A.H., & Schneider, I.K. (2016). Editorial: The Social Nature of Emotions. Frontiers in Psychology - Emotion Science.
Stins J., Schneider I.K., Koole S.L., & Beek P.J. (2015). The Influence of Mental Imagery on Postural Sway: Differential Effects of Type of Body Movement and Person Perspective. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 11(3), 7783.
Topolinski S., Z�rn M., & Schneider I.K. (2015). What's In and What's Out in Branding? A Novel Articulation Effect for Brand Names. Frontiers in Psychology. 6, 585.
Schneider, I.K., Parzuchowski, M., Wojciszke, B., Schwarz, N., & Koole, S.L. (2015). Weighty data: importance information influences estimated weight of digital information storage devices. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1536.
Koole, S.L., Tjew A Sin, M., & Schneider, I.K. (2014). Embodied Terror Management: (Simulated) Interpersonal Touch Alleviates Existential Concerns among Individuals with Low Self-Esteem. Psychological Science, 25, 30-37.
Schneider, I.K., Rutjens, B.T. & Jostmann, N.B. & Lakens, D. (2011). Weighty matters. Importance literally feels heavy. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 474-478.
Lakens, D., Schneider, I.K., Jostmann, N.B., & Schubert, T.W. (2011). Telling things apart: The distance between response keys influences categorization times. Psychological Science, 22(7), 887890.
Schneider, I.K., Konijn, E.A., Righetti, F. & Rusbult, C.E. (2011). A healthy dose of trust: The relationship between trust and health. Personal Relationships, 18(4), 668676.