TABLE 1.

Laban movement elements associated with the experience of happiness used in the study. The left column in the table shows the main categories of movement of LMA. Each category contains several factors and qualities of movement which are described in the middle column, and are identified to predict the experience of happiness, found by studies in the right column.

Body	Body action – jump	Günther, 2006; Koch et al., 2007; Shafir et al., 2016
Effort	Free flow	Montepare et al., 1999; Koch et al., 2014; Shafir et al., 2016
	Light weight	Lourens et al., 2010; Koch et al., 2014; Shafir et al., 2016
Shape	Spreading	Montepare et al., 1999; Gross et al., 2012; Koch, 2014; Cuddy et al., 2015; Shafir et al., 2016
	Rising	Duclos et al., 1989; Flack et al., 1999; Cuddy et al., 2015; Shafir et al., 2016
Space	Direction – up	Flack et al., 1999; Dael et al., 2012; Shafir et al., 2016
Phrasing	Rhythmicity – reinitiating	Koch et al., 2007; Dael et al., 2012; Shafir et al., 2016