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Ego Depletion—Is It All in Your Head?: Implicit Theories About Willpower Affect Self-Regulation
Abstract
Much recent research suggests that willpower—the capacity to exert self-control—is a limited resource that is depleted after exertion. We propose that whether depletion takes place or not depends on a person’s belief about whether willpower is a limited resource. Study 1 found that individual differences in lay theories about willpower moderate ego-depletion effects: People who viewed the capacity for self-control as not limited did not show diminished self-control after a depleting experience. Study 2 replicated the effect, manipulating lay theories about willpower. Study 3 addressed questions about the mechanism underlying the effect. Study 4, a longitudinal field study, found that theories about willpower predict change in eating behavior, procrastination, and self-regulated goal striving in depleting circumstances. Taken together, the findings suggest that reduced self-control after a depleting task or during demanding periods may reflect people’s beliefs about the availability of willpower rather than true resource depletion.
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- Authors
- Job, V., Dweck, C. S., & Walton, G. M.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-09-28
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1686-1693
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2118108696
- Cited by
- 910
- References
- 26
- FWCI
- 52.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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