Embodied mood regulation: the impact of body posture on mood recovery, negative thoughts, and mood-congruent recall

Cognition and Emotion Pub Date : 2017-10-03 DOI:10.1080/02699931.2016.1225003

Lotte Veenstra, I. Schneider, S. Koole

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ABSTRACT Previous work has shown that a stooped posture may activate negative mood. Extending this work, the present experiments examine how stooped body posture influences recovery from pre-existing negative mood. In Experiment 1 (n = 229), participants were randomly assigned to receive either a negative or neutral mood induction, after which participants were instructed to take either a stooped, straight, or control posture while writing down their thoughts. Stooped posture (compared to straight or control postures) led to less mood recovery in the negative mood condition, and more negative mood in the neutral mood condition. Furthermore, stooped posture led to more negative thoughts overall compared to straight or control postures. In Experiment 2 (n = 122), all participants underwent a negative mood induction, after which half received cognitive reappraisal instructions and half received no instructions. Mood-congruent cognitions were assessed through autobiographical memory recall. Again, stooped (compared to straight) position led to less mood recovery. Notably, this was independent of regulation instruction. These findings demonstrate for the first time that posture plays an important role in recovering from negative mood.

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具身情绪调节:身体姿势对情绪恢复、消极思想和情绪一致回忆的影响

先前的研究表明，弯腰的姿势可能会激活消极情绪。在此基础上，本实验探讨了弯腰的身体姿势如何影响先前存在的负面情绪的恢复。在实验1 (n = 229)中，参与者被随机分配接受消极或中性的情绪诱导，之后参与者被指示采取弯腰、挺直或控制姿势，同时写下他们的想法。在消极情绪条件下，弯腰的姿势(与笔直或控制姿势相比)导致的情绪恢复更少，而在中性情绪条件下则导致更多的消极情绪。此外，与笔直或控制姿势相比，弯腰的姿势总体上导致了更多的消极想法。在实验2 (n = 122)中，所有被试均接受负性情绪诱导，之后一半接受认知重评指导，一半不接受指导。情绪一致性认知通过自传体记忆回忆进行评估。同样，弯腰的姿势(与笔直的姿势相比)导致的情绪恢复更少。值得注意的是，这是独立于监管指令的。这些发现首次表明，姿势在从消极情绪中恢复中起着重要作用。

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