UO psychologist Sanjay Srivastava explains why suppressing your emotions makes you less likable in a recent feature in New York Magazine.

Srivastava and UO graduate student Allison Tackman recently released a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology that examines the impact of emotions on first-time impressions.

“What we found, in a nutshell, is that other people judge suppressors to be low in extraversion and low in agreeableness,” Srivastava said.

For the full story, see “How Suppressing Your Emotions Might Make You Less Likable” in New York Magazine.