![]() Love–hate relationships also develop within a familial context, especially between an adult and one or both of their parents. ![]() ![]() Research from Yale University suggests love–hate relationships may be the result of poor self-esteem. Narcissists and borderlines have been seen as particularly prone to aggressive reactions towards love objects, not least when issues of self-identity are involved: in extreme instances, hate at the very existence of the other may be the only emotion felt, until love breaks through behind it. Psychological roots Ī love–hate relationship has been linked to the occurrence of emotional ambivalence in early childhood to conflicting responses by different ego states within the same person or to the inevitable co-existence of egoistic conflicts with the object of love. It can be applied to relationships with inanimate objects, or even concepts, as well as those of a romantic nature or between siblings and parents/children. ![]() The term is used frequently in psychology, popular writing and journalism. For other uses, see Love Hate.Ī love–hate relationship is an interpersonal relationship involving simultaneous or alternating emotions of love and hate-something particularly common when emotions are intense. ![]()
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