IE School of Human Sciences and Technology, IE University, Madrid, Spain.
Psychology Department, Universidad Villanueva, Madrid, Spain.
PLoS One. 2021 Sep 24;16(9):e0257864. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257864. eCollection 2021.
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.
本研究考察了个体的思维方式（整体型与分析型）如何与他们处理矛盾信息的方式相关，以及体验混合情绪是否可以调节这种关系。参与者首先完成思维方式的测量，然后接触到两个相互矛盾的信息（研究 1 和 2）。在研究 2 中，我们还测量了混合情绪的体验，以检验该变量的中介作用。在两项研究中，我们发现与分析型思维方式的个体相比，整体型思维方式的个体更能够协调矛盾的信息。研究 2 表明，思维方式与处理矛盾之间的关系受到混合情绪体验的调节。本研究通过采用个体差异而非文化差异的方法扩展了先前关于矛盾和混合情绪应对的研究，并将混合情绪确立为一个合理的中介变量。
