2019
DOI: 10.1002/per.2208
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Let There be Variance: Individual Differences in Consecutive Self–Control in A Laboratory Setting and Daily Life

Abstract: The large body of research used to support ego‐depletion effects is currently faced with conceptual and replication issues, leading to doubt over the extent or even existence of the ego‐depletion effect. By using within‐person designs in a laboratory (Study 1; 187 participants) and an ambulatory assessment study (Study 2; 125 participants), we sought to clarify this ambiguity by investigating whether prominent situational variables (such as motivation and affect) or personality traits can help elucidate when e… Show more

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“…We suggest the answer is either “yes” or “no.” On the one hand, in the current ego depletion literature (as well as Hagger et al’s and our replications), most studies adopted very brief depletion manipulations that were generally less than 10 min. Participants’ responses to these weak manipulations could vary to a great extent, with some participants feeling exhausted while others feeling indifferent or even excited as such tasks may serve to “warm-up” their self-control (e.g., Lopez, Courtney, & Wagner, 2019; Wenzel, Rowland, Zahn, & Kubiak, 2019). Therefore, there is a substantive heterogeneity in the size of ego depletion in the literature and the average effect size is small (e.g., between 0.10 and 0.20).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We suggest the answer is either “yes” or “no.” On the one hand, in the current ego depletion literature (as well as Hagger et al’s and our replications), most studies adopted very brief depletion manipulations that were generally less than 10 min. Participants’ responses to these weak manipulations could vary to a great extent, with some participants feeling exhausted while others feeling indifferent or even excited as such tasks may serve to “warm-up” their self-control (e.g., Lopez, Courtney, & Wagner, 2019; Wenzel, Rowland, Zahn, & Kubiak, 2019). Therefore, there is a substantive heterogeneity in the size of ego depletion in the literature and the average effect size is small (e.g., between 0.10 and 0.20).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of course people do! ” Indeed, there is evidence that depletion/fatigue affects outcomes in real life, including medical decisions and medical compliance among health-care workers (Allan et al, 2019; Dai et al, 2014), though these real-world effects are sometimes contradictory (Allan et al, 2019; Randles, Harlow, & Inzlicht, 2017; Wenzel, Rowland, Zahn, & Kubiak, 2019). Yet, it is unclear to what extent this real-life phenomenology is reflected in typical ego depletion studies in the laboratory.…”
Section: A Brief History Of Ego Depletionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We also found virtually no relations between big-five personality and momentary measures related to aspects of selfregulation. One other study reported on the interaction between prior self-control and each of the big five on desire enactment, but did not report main effects 88 . Prior research on state manifestation of personality finds that in typical behavior there is a lot of within-person variability, such that resisting desires may not be a behavioral manifestation of conscientiousness 89 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%