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Slouching reduces feelings of confidence.
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that Slouching reduces feelings of confidence?
Unclear. Three popular or design sources assert that slouching signals or accompanies a lack of confidence, and one cites a 1984 study in which upright participants felt more in control and confident than slouched ones. None of these measures whether slouching itself reduces feelings of confidence, so the evidence covers only part of the claim.
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Wikiversity: Motivation and emotion/Book/2014/Power posing and self-confidence. (n.d.). en.wikiversity.org. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2014/Power_posing_and_self-confidence
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Mehra, S. K. (2012). Business Etiquette. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=IkI8rxBtMMoC&source=gbs_api
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Marco, v. H., Laura, M., & Loes, B. (2019). PosturAroma - The Embodiment of Safety. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2621408
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Kirsta, A. (1986). The Book of Stress Survival. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZJIoAAAAYAAJ&dq=Slouching+reduces+feelings+of+confidence.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api
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