Body Posture and Religious Attitudes

One hundred and twenty-seven college students were recruited for an experimental investigation of the effect of body posture on religious attitudes. Roughly half of the participants were placed in lower, contractive body postures while the other half were placed in higher, expansive body postures. A...

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Published in:Archive for the psychology of religion
Authors: Fuller, Robert C. 1952- (Author) ; Montgomery, Derek E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2015
In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Further subjects:B Body posture religious attitude
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Summary:One hundred and twenty-seven college students were recruited for an experimental investigation of the effect of body posture on religious attitudes. Roughly half of the participants were placed in lower, contractive body postures while the other half were placed in higher, expansive body postures. After five minutes in these postures, all were asked to fill out a measure of religious attitudes. As expected, participants in the lower, contractive positions expressed more agreement with conventional religious beliefs than those in the higher, expansive positions.
ISSN:1573-6121
Contains:In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15736121-12341310