Implicit versus explicit ambivalence: differential association with depressive and anxiety symptoms and guilt in family caregivers of people with dementia.

Key Points

• This research aims to explore how implicit and explicit ambivalence relate to emotional distress among family caregivers of people with dementia.
• Analyzed emotional distress levels in family caregivers
• Assessed both implicit and explicit ambivalence
• Measured depressive and anxiety symptoms
• Examined the role of guilt in emotional responses
• Explicit ambivalence is significantly associated with higher guilt levels
• Emotional distress is linked to both implicit and explicit ambivalence
• Only explicit ambivalence correlates strongly with depressive and anxiety symptoms