The Effect of Posture on Stress and Self-Esteem: Comparing Contractive and Neutral Postures

Jieun Kwon () and So Yoon Kim ()
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Jieun Kwon: Seoul National University, School of Business
So Yoon Kim: Boston College, Lynch School of Education

No 2705176, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: A study on the effect of contractive posture was conducted in a laboratory setting. Following the previous literature on posture studies, this study examined the negative effects of contractive posture on task performance and confidence. This study modified the methodological errors made in previous studies by comparing the contractive posture effect to the neutral posture effect, rather than the power posture effect. The results revealed that contractive posture has negative effects on self-challenging behavior creativity, and immediate stress, specifically by inducing self-depreciative thoughts. On the other hand, posture was not found to affect relatively stable characteristics such as intelligence level, self-esteem, and life-satisfaction scores.

Keywords: Power posture; Posture Effect; Contractive Posture; Confidence; Creativity; Self-Challenge; Intelligence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2015-09
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 18th International Academic Conference, London, Sep 2015, pages 397-404

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