• DOI:10.1177/01461672992511010
Corpus ID: 143117353

Composure at Any Cost? The Cognitive Consequences of Emotion Suppression

@article{Richards1999ComposureAA,
  title={Composure at Any Cost? The Cognitive Consequences of Emotion Suppression},
  author={J. Richards and J. Gross},
  journal={Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin},
  year={1999},
  volume={25},
  pages={1033 - 1044}
}

J. Richards, J. Gross

Published 1999

Psychology

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

We frequently try to appear less emotional than we really are, such as when we are angry with our spouse at a dinner party, disgusted by a boss’s sexist comments during a meeting, or amused by a friend’s embarrassing faux pas in public. Attempts at emotion suppression doubtless have social benefits. However, suppression may do more than change how we look: It also may change how we think. Two studies tested the hypothesis that emotion suppression has cognitive consequences. Study 1 showed that… CONTINUE READING

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