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The ability to regulate how you express your emotions is a key ingredient for social success. For example, following social display rules like hiding your feelings of anger towards your boss or putting on a polite smile to greet someone can help you navigate social situations with ease. However, this type of regulation can come at a significant cost to personal wellbeing. 

This research program is interested in questions like: What are the causes and consequences of individual variation in display rules? How do display rules influence communication in healthcare settings? What is the role of display rules in clinical conditions such as social anxiety? How do display rules influence cross-cultural communication (e.g., immigrant wellbeing)? And how do display rules develop across childhood?