Open AccessA Negative Effect of a Contractive Pose is not Evidence for the Positive Effect of an Expansive Pose: Comment on Cuddy, Schultz, and Fosse (2018)
Author(s) -
Marcus Credé
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
meta-psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2003-2714
DOI - 10.15626/mp.2019.1723
Subject(s) - expansive , feeling , psychology , social psychology , power (physics) , value (mathematics) , mathematics , statistics , physics , compressive strength , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
Cuddy, Schultz and Fosse (2018) present the results of p-curve analyses that are interpreted as providing "clear evidential value for power posing effects”. This commentary highlights that the vast majority of the studies included in the p-curve analyses were not designed in a way that could speak to the efficacy of power poses relative to a normal or neutral pose. Further, I discuss how the few studies that were designed to shed light on this issue indicate that any overall effect of physical pose on feelings of power, emotions, affect, and self-evaluations is almost entirely due to the negative effect of a contractive pose and not any positive effect of expansive power poses.