SuppressingEmotionsMightMakeYo

　　标题：SuppressingEmotionsMightMakeYouLessLikable
　　source：JesseSingal
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　　Itdoesn’tfeelgoodtofakewhoyouare，andanincreasingamountofpsychologicalresearchisshowinghowandwhyithurts。BackinApril，forexample，MelissaDahlreportedoninterestingnewresearch，whichsuggestedthatfakingyourpersonalityatworkcouldleadto“burnoutandperhapsevenphysicalhealthconsequences。”
　　It’sanareaoffairlyactiveresearch，particularlyamongsocialpsychologists。They’reintriguedbytheramificationsofsuppressingemotionalresponses，inparticular，becausesomuchofhumansociallifeandthereforehumanlifecomesdowntothesubtlewayswereact，mirror，andrespondtoeachother’semotionalcues。Suppressingemotions，andthereforethesecues，throwsabitofawrenchinthefinelytunedcognitivesystemswe’veevolvedtointeractwithandsupportoneanotherthrough。Asfarasresearcherscantell，thissortofsuppressioncanhavenegativeeffectsonbothongoingrelationshipsandfirstimpressions。
　　InaninterestingnewstudyintheJournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology，AllisonM。TackmanandSanjaySrivastavaoftheUniversityofOregonsoughttobetterunderstandthewaysemotionalsuppressionmightaffectfirstimpressionjudgements。“Thebackgroundandmotivationforourstudywasthatpreviousstudies，goingbackawhilenow，haveshowninvariouswaysthatpeoplewhouseexpressivesuppressionexperiencesocialcosts，”saidSrivastavainanemail。“Theyhavelesssocialsupport，lesssatisfyingsociallives，andtheyexperiencetroublegettingclosetoothers。Sothenextquestionis，whywhatisgoingwrong？”
　　Tobetterunderstandthisphenomena，theresearchersvideotapedfourindividualswatchingthefunny，famousfakeorgasmscenefromWhenHarryMetSallyandasadscenefromthe1979filmTheChamp。Sometimestheactorsweretoldtoreactnaturallytothescenes，andsometimestheyweretoldtosuppresstheirreaction。Theparticipantsinthestudy，149undergraduates，thenwatchedallfourversionsofthevideowithoutaudio（havingbeentoldtoobservethesubjectscarefully），andwererandomlyassignedtoeithera“context”conditioninwhichtheycouldseewhatthepersoninthevideowasreactingto，ora“nocontext”conditioninwhichtheycouldn’t：
　　“Afterwatchingeachvideo，participantsreportedtheirjudgmentsofthetarget’semotionexperience，personalityjudgmentsofthetarget，andinterestinaffiliatingwiththetarget，”theresearcherswrite，aswellasansweringabunchofotheritems。Overall，thesuppressorswerejudgedtobelessextroverted，lessagreeable，andmore“avoidantincloserelationships”moredistant，thanthenonsuppressors。Suppressingalsohada“largeeffect，”astheresearchersputit，ontheparticipants’desiretoaffiliatewithsuppressorsascomparedtononsuppressorstheyfoundthemmuchlesslikable。
　　“Whatwefound，inanutshell，isthatotherpeoplejudgesuppressorstobelowinextraversionandlowinagreeableness，”saidSrivastava。“Orinmoreeverydaylanguage，theyseemlikethesortofpeoplewhoaresociallydistantandindifferenttoothers’feelings。Andthoseimpressionshelpexplainwhyothersdon’twanttogetclosetothem。”
　　Therewasatleastonepossiblynoteworthyexception，though，tothegeneralsuppressionisbadstory：Folkswhowatchedtheorgasmscene，butforwhomthestudyparticipantscouldseewhattheywerewatching，wereviewedasmorepolitethanthosewhodidn’tstifletheirlaughter，apparentlybecauseoftheclip’sracycontent（inthenoncontextconditiontheparticipantshadnowayofknowingwhattheyweresuppressingamusementat）。
　　“Thissuggeststhatsuppressionmaysometimeshavepositiveeffects，andinthefutureitwouldbeinterestingtoexamineothercircumstancesinwhichsuppressionissociallybeneficial（ratherthansociallycostly），”saidTackman。“Incontextswheresuppressionisanormativeresponseorsociallyappropriate，spersonality？”
　　Inotherwords，therearecommonsensereasonstothinkthatsuppressionissometimesagoodthingmaybe“rewithcertainpeople，”asSrivastavaputit，“reincertainsocialroles，orwhenyouhavecertaingoals。”Suppressingemotion，afterall，popsupinallsortsofwildlydifferentculturesit’ssomethinghumanitydoesquitefrequently。Findingoutwhy，andwhenthisbehaviorisbeneficial，isthenextstep。