Table 3 Bivariate Pearson correlations between the three dimensions of ambivalence (doubts, conviction, and coping) and anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction, together with means and standard deviations and internal consistency estimates (Cronbach’s alphas)

1. Doubts

11.69 (3.55)

0.83

. 58*

0.36*

0.88*

0.42*

0.46*

− 0.38*

2. Rejection

6.95 (2.36)

0.70

0.30*

0.78*

0.23*

0.28*

− 0.30*

3. Suppression

7.87 (2.55)

0.80

0.68*

0.26*

0.30*

− 0.37*

4. Total MAS

26.48 (6.71)

0.86

0.40*

0.45*

− 0.45*

4. Anxiety

9.05 (4.02)

0.91

0.73*

− 0.39*

5. Depression

8.46 (4.17)

0.94

− 0.46*

6. Life satisfaction

23.84 (6.35)

0.85