Expand your body when you look at yourself: The role of the posture in a mirror exposure task

Miragall, Marta; Etchemendy, Ernestina; Cebolla, Ausiàs; Rodríguez, Víctor Hugo Perera; Medrano, Carlos; Baños, Rosa

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“…4 4 Miragall et al (2018) stated that “women in the expansive condition showed higher positive emotions after the mirror exposure task” (p. 1, Abstract), suggesting that poses may affect emotions in this study. However, this is only partially true: In fact, women who had adopted HPPs afterwards reported more positive emotions than women who had adopted LPPs, but both groups showed a decrease in positive emotions.…”

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“…Further, LPPs elicited negative mood (Rossberg‐Gempton & Poole, 1993) and guilt (Rotella & Richeson, 2013). By contrast, various authors (Davis et al, 2017; Jackson, Nault, Smart Richman, LaBelle, & Rohleder, 2017; Miragall, Etchemendy, Cebolla, Rodriguez, Medrano, & Baños, 2018; 4 Saggese et al, 2018) found no effects of poses on emotions, social anxiety, or vitality, and Nielsen (2017) reported no difference in optimism between people adopting HPPs versus LPPs. Finally, in chronically powerless people, HPPs elicited more vengeance than LPPs (Strelan, Weick, & Vasiljevic, 2014).…”

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“…There were no significant differences between HPPs and LPPs for all six negative emotions, and when considering alpha error inflation, we concluded that the study could not be regarded as evidence of an effect of poses on emotions. When calculating a MANCOVA (pretest values for general negative emotions, insecurity, anxiety, disgust, shame, sadness, anger, general positive emotions, self‐confidence, and happiness as covariates; posttest values for these variables as dependent variables) with the data provided by Miragall et al (2018), we found no evidence of an effect of poses (condition: HPP vs. LPP), Wilks λ = 0.837, F (8, 51) = 1.24, p = .296.…”

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Dominance or prestige: A review of the effects of power poses and other body postures

Körner

Schütz

2020

Social & Personality Psych

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Research on the effects of body positions has attracted enormous attention in recent years but has been plagued by failed replication attempts. Today, there is some confusion about which effects can be considered reliable. One problem that may have contributed to this confusion is the fact that most previous studies have not clearly distinguished between different types of body positions. We apply the dominance‐prestige framework to distinguish between two types of body positions. On the basis of this reasoning, we argue that research on so‐called power poses in fact has analyzed expansiveness as an indicator of dominance, whereas research on postures has focused on the straightness of the spine, which may be seen as a display of prestige. We review the literature and conclude that there is no clear evidence that short‐term interventions involving body positions affect physiology or behavior. Still, there are effects on actors' self‐perceptions. Repeatedly, studies on power poses have found effects on feelings of power and self‐evaluations, and studies on postures have found effects on emotional experience. However, there is hardly any research that has directly compared the two types of interventions.

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Dominance or prestige: A review of the effects of power poses and other body postures

Körner

Schütz

2020

Social & Personality Psych

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“…Tais relações podem ser bidirecionais, mas não foram encontrados ensaios clínicos que avaliassem o efeito na postura corporal após intervenções sobre as emoções, apenas o contrário: vários ensaios clínicos investigaram o efeito de intervenções sobre a postura corporal e seus efeitos sobre as emoções. Por exemplo, Miragall et al (2018) verificaram que quando as mulheres com insatisfação com suas imagens corporais adotavam uma postura propositalmente expansiva em frente ao espelho, melhoravam suas emoções positivas como autoconfiança e felicidade, enquanto as participantes que adotaram uma postura propositalmente em fechamento, apresentaram mais sentimentos de submissão e de insegurança. Veenstra et al (2017) também observaram que em uma postura propositalmente inclinada à frente, os participantes tiveram mais facilidade em se lembrar de eventos negativos do que em uma postura neutra ou ereta.…”

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Correlações Entre a Postura Corporal, e Ansiedade e Depressão em Acadêmicos do Ensino Superior: um Estudo Transversal

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É importante conhecer os fatores emocionais relacionados às alterações posturais para melhor planejamento das condutas terapêuticas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar se existe associação da depressão e da ansiedade autoavaliadas com a postura corporal. Foram estudados 22 acadêmicos do Ensino Superior com idade média de 22 anos (±5,12) que preencheram o inventário de depressão de BECK e o Inventário de Ansiedade Traço-Estado e foram avaliados, por meio de fotogrametria pelo protocolo SAPO de medidas. A maioria apresentava moderado traço (64%) e estado (59%) de ansiedade e tinha depressão mínima (82%). Traço de ansiedade apresentou correlação com o aumento do ângulo tibiotársico direito (r=0,524), hiperextensão de joelho esquerdo (r=-0,423), inclinação posterior do corpo na vista lateral direita (r=-0,412) e menor assimetria do centro de massa no plano sagital (r=-0,471). O estado de ansiedade correlacionou com o aumento do ângulo tibiotársico direito (r=0,428), hiperextensão de joelho esquerdo (r=-0,526), inclinação posterior do corpo na vista lateral direita (R=-0,431), assimetria das escápulas (r=0,417) e menor inclinação lateral da cabeça (r=-0,534). Depressão se correlacionou com hiperextensão do joelho (r=-0,455) e aumento do ângulo tibiotársico (r=0,415). Assim, os resultados sugerem que ansiedade e depressão se expressam, de forma similar, na postura corporal, por meio do encurtamento do músculo sóleo, levando ao aumento do ângulo tibiotársico e à hiperextensão de joelho. Palavras-chave: Postura. Depressão. Ansiedade. Abstract It is important to know the emotional factors related to postural changes for a better planning of therapeutic approaches. The aim of this study was to verify whether there is an association between depression and self-assessed anxiety with body posture. Twenty-two undergraduate students with an average age of 22 years (± 5.12) who completed the BECK depression inventory and the trait-state anxiety inventory were studied and evaluated by photogrammetry with the SAPO measurement protocol. Most had a moderate trait (64%) and a state (59%) of anxiety and minimal depression (82%). Anxiety trait correlated with increased right tibiotarsal angle (r=0.524), left knee hyperextension (r=-0.423), posterior body tilt in the right lateral view (r=-0.412) and less asymmetry of the center of mass in the plane sagittal (r=-0.471). The anxiety state was correlated with the increase in the right tibiotarsal angle (r=0.428), left knee hyperextension (r=-0.526), posterior body tilt in the right lateral view (r=-0.431), asymmetry of the scapulae (r=0.417) and head lower lateral inclination (r=-0.534). Depression was correlated with knee hyperextension (r=-0.455) and increased tibiotarsal angle (r=0.415). Thus, the results suggest that anxiety and depression are similarly expressed in body posture, by shortening the soleus muscle, leading to increased tibiotarsal angle and knee hyperextension. Keywords: Posture. Depression. Anxiety.

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“…Although studies on the effectiveness of embodiment interventions in eating disorder populations remain scarce (Stinson, 2019), there is some evidence from nonclinical samples suggesting that they could be a valuable complement to CBT for AN. For example, Miragall et al (2018) found that women with high body dissatisfaction could benefit more from mirror exposure when they adopted an expansive, rather than a contracted bodily posture. Another study by Allen, Gervais, and Smith (2013) also showed that the adoption of expansive (vs. constrictive) postures was associated with less restrained eating among women with high body shape concerns.…”

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Using bodily postures in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: Effects of power posing on interoception and affective states

Weineck

Hauke

Lindemann

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Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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Power posing involves the adoption of an expansive bodily posture. This study examined whether power posing could benefit individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) and women with normal weight in regards to interoceptive ability and affective states. Method: Participants included 50 inpatients and outpatients with AN as well as 51 normal-weight women. Interoceptive accuracy (IAcc), measured by the heartbeat tracking task and interoceptive sensibility (IS), measured by confidence ratings, were assessed at baseline, after a single power posing session and after 1 week of daily training. Also, the short-term effects of power posing on subjective feelings of dominance, pleasantness, and arousal were investigated. Results: Both groups increased in their IAcc after one power posing session. Also, there was a significant main effect of time on feelings of dominance and pleasantness in the short-term. Women with AN displayed lower levels of IS, dominance, and pleasantness as well as higher levels of arousal than women without AN. Discussion: These findings suggest that power posing has the potential to increase IAcc, subjective feelings of power and pleasant affect in the shortterm. Further research should investigate which mechanisms foster the effectiveness of this intervention to tailor it to the needs of women with AN.

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Expand your body when you look at yourself: The role of the posture in a mirror exposure task

Cited by 10 publications

References 50 publications

Dominance or prestige: A review of the effects of power poses and other body postures

Dominance or prestige: A review of the effects of power poses and other body postures

Correlações Entre a Postura Corporal, e Ansiedade e Depressão em Acadêmicos do Ensino Superior: um Estudo Transversal

Using bodily postures in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: Effects of power posing on interoception and affective states

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