Straightening your back increases subjective feelings of confidence
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Recent empirical studies indicate that adopting an upright or expansive posture enhances psychological outcomes such as self-efficacy, emotional recovery, and subjective feelings of confidence.
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Stand tall, think bright: How embodied experience unlocks the power of posture in emotion regulation.
2026 · cited by 1
Paper [4] found that adopting an upright posture enhances emotional recovery and fosters positive thinking, particularly among individuals with strong bodily awareness.
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Synergistic and distinct effects of expansive posture and nasal breathing on psychological and physiological self-regulation in adolescents.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper [7] demonstrated that expansive posture significantly increased self-efficacy and psychological self-regulation in adolescents.