How Should I Feel About This? Investigating the Emotions and Processes Involved in Indulging in Guilty Pleasures
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on March 28, 2025
Abstract
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Volume 52, Issue 7, Page 1812-1828, July 2026.
Many circumstances trigger mixed feelings, and understanding how people navigate ambivalent affective states sheds light on how social motivations guide behavior. We adopted a discrete, functionalist account of emotion to explore the positive and negative ...
Many circumstances trigger mixed feelings, and understanding how people navigate ambivalent affective states sheds light on how social motivations guide behavior. We adopted a discrete, functionalist account of emotion to explore the positive and negative ...