The Personality Trait That Makes People Feel Comfortable Around You
People with positive “affective presence” are easy to be around and oil the gears of social interactions.
Some people can walk into a room and instantly put everyone at ease. Others seem to make teeth clench and eyes roll no matter what they do. A small body of psychology research supports the idea that the way a person tends to make others feel is a consistent and measurable part of his personality. Researchers call it “affective presence.”
This concept was first described nearly 10 years ago in . They put
