People who have high affective reactivity will frequently become ambivalent in their romantic attachments, their affective threat systems will often be sedated, and they have no need to expend much energy on regulating their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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High affective reactivity typically means individuals are more sensitive and reactive to emotional stimuli, which can lead to difficulties in regulating emotions rather than having sedated affective threat systems or not needing to expend energy on regulating thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This can impact romantic attachments, but not necessarily lead to ambivalence; it often requires more, not less, effort in emotional regulation.

People Who Have High Affective Reactivity Will Frequently Become Ambivalent