Do slumped and upright postures affect stress responses? A randomized trial

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 632-641

  Nair, Shwetha ^a   Sagar, Mark ^b   Sollers, John ^a   Consedine, Nathan ^a   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Emotions; Posture; Self esteem; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; READING; SADNESS; SELF ESTEEM; SLUMPED POSTURE; SPEECH; STRESS; STRESS ASSESMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK PERSISTENCE; THREAT; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS SPEECH TASK; UPRIGHT POSTURE; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; EMOTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POSTURE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930749432     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000146     Document Type: Article

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