Ambivalence as an interpretive tool in sociology refers to the social experience of any complex, cognitively confusing, or emotionally charged phenomenon that calls simultaneously for opposite reactions. Migrants’ life conditions, as this Special Issue illustrates, are particularly subject to ambivalence. This introduction reviews the predominant understandings of ambivalence as a sociological category, its specific relevance in migration studies, and its implications for empirical research. It then reviews the articles in this Special Issue that are collectively intended to advance our understanding of the relevance of ambivalence for migration studies.

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导言：矛盾心理和移民包容的社会过程

矛盾心理作为社会学中的一种解释工具是指任何复杂的、认知混乱的或情绪激动的现象的社会经验，同时要求相反的反应。正如本特刊所说明的，移民的生活条件尤其容易受到矛盾的影响。本介绍回顾了对作为社会学范畴的矛盾心理的主要理解，它在移民研究中的具体相关性，以及它对实证研究的影响。然后，它回顾了本特刊中的文章，这些文章共同旨在促进我们对矛盾心理与移民研究的相关性的理解。