Feeling Sad? Adjust your posture

Authors

Zach Fricke, Ouachita Baptist UniversityFollow
Hannah Shull, Ouachita Baptist UniversityFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2015

Comments

Confidence and emotions are present in everyday life. They affect the way one communicates with others and feels about themselves.

How can a person feel and portray a greater sense of self-confidence?"

Posture can influence confidence and affect both positively and negatively (Welker, 2013)."

An open, upright posture promotes good thoughts and feelings of power (Briñol, 2009)."

When confronted with a stressor, sitting in a more rigid, upright posture helps people to deal with stress (Nair, 2014). "

When one individual praises another, it changes the thought process of the praised individual (Freidenburg, 1977)."

Saying positive or negative words has the ability to instantly change a personʼs posture. (Oosterwiik, 2009)."

People who think positively will sustain their positive thoughts longer if they are in an upright posture (Petty 1983)."

Research question: Do posture and word stimulus affect mood and confidence? "

We hypothesized that body posture and word stimulus would positively affect self-esteem and affect.

Recommended Citation

Fricke, Zach and Shull, Hannah, "Feeling Sad? Adjust your posture" (2015). Scholars Day. 4.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/scholars_day/4