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Kozak Quoted in Women’s Health Article on Introverts, Extroverts

July 3, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(JULY 3, 2023) Psychologist Arnold Kozak, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to Women’s Health about introversion vs. extroversion as a sliding scale. Kozak believes everyone should cultivate the luxury of alone time to ensure they have a solid relationship with their inner selves.

Arnold Kozak, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry

(JULY 3, 2023) Psychologist Arnold Kozak, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to Women’s Health about introversion vs. extroversion as a sliding scale. This sliding scale allows for increased variability in personality type, Kozak explains, but we still live in a society where extroversion dominates, and we don’t have adequate time to recharge. “The idea of happiness and sociability is on extrovert terms,” he says; however, “Solitude is a virtue.” Kozak believes everyone should cultivate the luxury of alone time to ensure they have a solid relationship with their inner selves.

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