Is your partner hiding or covering up their true feelings? Here's how to tell before things spiral out of control, writes swhitbo
Five signs indicate that someone may be faking their emotions. For example, they may stand to gain something by expressing a specific emotion.
Research on surface acting in the workplace suggests that there are costs and benefits of lying about one's true feelings. The honest sharing of emotions as people communicate with each other can set the foundation for healthy dialogue. Emotions perform a unique social function in helping people adapt to each other in ways that can promote mutual understanding because they reveal what people are feeling, not just saying. However, there are many reasons for people to disguise or hide their true emotions, blocking this route of communication.
As you might imagine, emotional faking can take its toll on the “actor.” According to a recent study led by West Virginia University’s Xiaoxiao Hu and colleagues , surface acting in particular is associated with such negative personal and occupational outcomes as poorer physical health, lower levels of well-being, worse job performance, and less job satisfaction. Moreover, surface acting isn’t restricted to relationships between workers and customers.
By rating yourself on the surface acting measure, you can get a sense of what it feels like to hide your true feelings, and from there, gain insight into how to detect this same behavior in others. The measure was a very simple one, dividing covered-up emotions into positive and negative, as follows:
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