scholarly journals The role of task similarity for ego depletion: A registered report

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 104133
Author(s):  
Pierpaolo Primoceri ◽  
Nicolas Ramer ◽  
Johannes Ullrich ◽  
Veronika Job
Keyword(s):  
Ego Depletion ◽  
Task Similarity

scholarly journals The role of task similarity for ego depletion: a registered report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierpaolo Primoceri ◽  
Nicolas Ramer ◽  
Johannes Ullrich ◽  
Veronika Job
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Secondary Task ◽  
Ego Depletion ◽  
Stop Signal ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Stop Signal Task ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Depletion Effect ◽  
Task Similarity

Ego depletion refers to decrements in self-control performance resulting from prior use of self-control. The ego depletion effect has received much research attention, but the more recent literature reports small or null effects. This registered report examined the moderating effect of task similarity on the ego depletion effect. We predicted a crossover interaction between type of primary and secondary task such that engaging in a demanding self-control task should lead to better performance in the secondary task when it is similar to the primary task (facilitation effect) but worse performance when it is dissimilar (ego depletion). In a preregistered pilot study, N = 80 participants first completed either a visual stop-signal task (SST) or a simple lexical categorization task. They proceeded with one of four tasks classified as increasingly dissimilar based on their underlying operations and executive functions: (1) auditory stop-signal task, (2) Stroop task, (3) Eriksen flanker task, and (4) unsolvable anagrams. Both the pilot study and a high-powered registered replication (N = 300) revealed the predicted interaction effect. However, evidence for facilitation from similar tasks was stronger than evidence for depletion from dissimilar tasks. Together, these findings highlight the important role of task similarity for the study of ego depletion and related phenomena.

scholarly journals Effects of Self-Control on Subjective Well-Being: Examining the Moderating Role of Trait and State Motivation

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guojun Zhao ◽  
Fusen Xie ◽  
Yuchen Luo ◽  
Yixuan Liu ◽  
Yuan Chong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Ego Depletion ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
State Motivation ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

It is well documented that self-control has a positive effect on individuals’ subjective well-being. However, little research has focused on the moderators underlying this relationship. The present research used two studies to examine the moderating role of both trait and state motivation on the relationship between self-control and subjective well-being using psychometric and experimental models, respectively. In Study 1, we explored whether trait motivation (including promotion vs. prevention motivation) moderated the relationship between trait self-control and subjective well-being using a psychometric model. In Study 2, we examined the moderating effects of both trait and state motivation on the effect of state self-control (measured via ego depletion) on subjective well-being using an experimental model. Our results indicated that self-control had a positive effect on subjective well-being, with this relationship being primarily moderated by prevention motivation. When state and trait prevention motivations were congruent, self-control had the most obvious impact on subjective well-being. This study suggests that current understandings around the association between self-control and happiness is limited, implying that motivation should be the focus of future research.

The Effect of Public Social Context on Self-Control

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liad Uziel ◽  
Roy F. Baumeister
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Ego Depletion ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Simple Task ◽  
The Public ◽  
Control Study

The present study explores the role of personality in moderating the effect of public social context on self-control. The authors predicted that in public settings neuroticism would be associated with ego-depletion effects and individual differences in impression management (IM) would be associated with restoration effects. Three experiments supported the hypothesis. In Study 1 neuroticism was associated with impaired self-control and IM was associated with enhanced self-control following an initial phase of working on a simple task in public (vs. in private). Study 2 replicated and extended these results to other domains of self-control. Study 3 explored whether public social context can cancel out early depletion effects. In this study, depleted participants engaged in a task that required self-control either alone or in public. As expected, the public settings were associated with restored self-control resources mostly among high IM individuals. Implications for self-control, neuroticism, and IM are discussed.

An Examination of the Role of Self-Control and Impact of Ego Depletion on Integrity Testing

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D. Bazzy ◽  
David J. Woehr ◽  
Jared Borns
Keyword(s):  
Ego Depletion ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Integrity Testing

Investigating the nonlinear effect of ego depletion on safety compliance: The moderating role of rumination

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Ming Chen ◽  
Long Chen ◽  
Xiao-Ming Yan ◽  
Zhuo Yu ◽  
Ying-Ying Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Effect ◽  
Ego Depletion ◽  
Safety Compliance ◽  
Moderating Role

Setbacks in Self-Control: Failing Not Mere Resisting Impairs Subsequent Self-Control

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 782-790
Author(s):  
Mario Wenzel ◽  
Zarah Rowland ◽  
Wilhelm Hofmann ◽  
Thomas Kubiak
Keyword(s):  
Dual Task ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Ego Depletion ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Ambulatory Assessment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Task Setting ◽  
Fundamental Research

Research on ego depletion has often relied on the dual-task setting employing short tasks with low ecological validity. The comparatively few studies on ego depletion in daily life so far used diverging operationalization and yielded ambiguous results. We argue that fundamental research on short-term self-control limitations can benefit from research on the limit violation effect, which highlights the danger to self-control when setbacks are attributed to internal causes. To test the role of setbacks and compare different ego depletion operationalizations in daily life, we used data from two ambulatory assessment studies ( N = 125 and 205). No consistent ego depletion effects were observed in Study 1; instead, momentary self-control success was only impaired after setbacks (prior self-control efforts failed). The role of prior setbacks was replicated in Study 2, highlighting the importance of setbacks in subsequent self-control efforts beyond mere resisting, which should be incorporated in interventions targeting self-control improvements.

Making memorable choices: Cognitive control and the self-choice effect in memory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Baldwin ◽  
Katie Garrison ◽  
Brandon Schmeichel
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Ego Depletion ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Active Choice ◽  
Unbiased Estimates

The current research tested the effects of active choice on memory (i.e., the self-choice effect). Across 14 experiments (N = 1100) we found that memory for choice alternatives was improved by choosing versus being assigned information to remember. A subset of 3 experiments found a bigger self-choice effect for more difficult choices. And a subset of 6 experiments found that prior acts of self-control reduce the self-choice effect. These findings represent unbiased estimates of the self-choice effect (d = 0. 62), the magnitude of the self-choice effect for easy (d = 0.35) versus more difficult (d = 0.87) choices, and the effect of ego depletion on choice memory (d = 0.39). Discussion centers on the role of cognitive control.

Individual differences in ego depletion: The role of sociotropy-autonomy

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toru Sato ◽  
Brittany A. Harman ◽  
Whitney M. Donohoe ◽  
Allison Weaver ◽  
William A. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Ego Depletion
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