거북목 환자는 자존감을 낮추고 부정적인 생각을 많이 하게 하고, 부정적인 단어를 많이 쓰는 경향이 있다.
목어깨가 아파서 오후가 되면 두통까지 생기는 분들이 많습니다. 일자목, 거북목인 분들에게는 매우 흔한 증상입니다. 두통이 없어도 귀가 어깨보다 세로로 일직선이 아닌 목뼈가 앞으로 나오면 일자목, 거북목이 되면 몸이 찌뿌두둥하다, 개운하지 않다, 몸이 무겁다, 상쾌하지 않다는 느낌, 그리고 몸이 구부정하게 변하면서 왠지 모르게 위축되는 느낌 등을 받게 됩니다.
실제로 뉴질랜드 오클랜드 대학교 연구진이 매우 흥미로운 연구논문을 발표하였습니다. 논문을 바탕으로 한 이 뉴스는 구부정한 자세, 거북목일 때 자존감이 15% 이상 떨어지고, 적극성도 10% 이상 급감한다고 합니다.
논문 초록에서 보듯이 구부정한 자세, 거북목 환자는 자존감을 낮추고 부정적인 생각을 많이 하게 하고, 부정적인 단어를 많이 쓰는 경향이 있습니다.
Do slumped and upright postures affect stress responses? A randomized trial.
Nair,Shwtha; Sagar, Mark; Sollers III, John; Consedine, Nathan; Broadbent, Elizabeth
Health Psychology, Vol 34(8), Jun 2015, 632-641. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000146
Abstract
Objectives: The hypothesis that muscular states are related to emotions has been supported predominantly by research on facial expressions. However, body posture also may be important to the initation and modulation of emotions. This experiment aimed to investigate whether an upright seated posture could influence affective and cardiovascular responses to a psychological stress task, relative to a slumped seated posture.
Method: There were 74 participants who were randomly assigned to either a slumped or upright seated posture. Their backs were strapped with physiotherapy tape to hold this posture throughout the study. Particiapnts were told a cover story to reduce expectation effects of posture. Participants completed a reading task, the Trier Social Stress speech task, assessments of mood, self-esteem, and perceived threat. Blood pressure and heart rate were continuously measured.
Result: Upright participants reported higher self-esteem, more arousal, better mood, and lower fear, compared to slumped participants.
Linguistic analysis showed slumped participants used more negative emotion words, first-person singular pronouns, affective process words, sadness words, and fewer positive emotion words and total words during the speech. Upright participants had higher pulse pressure during and after the stressor.
Conclusions: Adopting an upright seated posture in the facec of stress can maintain self-esteem, reduce negative mood, and increase mood compared to a slumped posture. Furthermore, sitting upright increases rate of speech and reduces self-focuse. Sitting upright may be a simple behavioral strategy to help build resilience to stress. The research is consistent with embodied cognition theories that muscular and autonomic states influecne emotional responding. (PsyclNFO Database Record(c) 2015 APA,all rights reserved)