Success importance and urge magnitude as determinants of cardiovascular response to a behavioral restraint challenge

Agtarap, Stephanie; Wright, Rex A.; Mlynski, Christopher; Hammad, Rawan; Blackledge, Sabrina

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.03.004

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“…At present, empirical support for extending the model to behavioral restraint is limited and indirect with respect to the role of ability and fatigue. The strongest support comes from an experiment that tested the implication that the perceived importance of successful restraint should combine with urge magnitude to determine the intensity of restraint and associated cardiovascular responses (Agtarap, Wright, Mlynski, Hammad, & Blackledge, 2016). If importance is high enough to justify the effort required for restraint, the intensity of that restraint should correspond to the magnitude of the urge.…”

Section: Extension To Behavioral Restraintmentioning

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Outsiders’ Thoughts on Generating Self-Regulatory-Depletion (Fatigue) Effects in Limited-Resource Experiments

Wright

Mlynski

Carbajal

2019

Perspect Psychol Sci

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We offer thoughts pertaining to purported conceptual and replication crises that have been discussed in relation to the limited-resource model (LRM) of self-control, functioning as crisis outsiders who have been conducting related research concerned with determinants and cardiovascular correlates of effort. Guiding analyses in our laboratory convey important lessons about experimental generation of the now-classic LRM self-regulatory-fatigue effect on control. They do so by drawing attention to conditions that must be met in fatigue-induction and fatigue-influence phases of relevant experiments. One fundamental lesson is that even highly standardized fatigue-induction protocols cannot be expected to consistently allow definitive tests of this effect. Another is that the effect might emerge consistently only in a behavioral-restraint “sweet spot” of sorts—a multidimensional motivational space wherein rested study participants view restraint as possible and worthwhile and fatigued participants do not. Implications are identified and discussed.

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Section: Extension To Behavioral Restraintmentioning

confidence: 99%

Outsiders’ Thoughts on Generating Self-Regulatory-Depletion (Fatigue) Effects in Limited-Resource Experiments

Wright

Mlynski

Carbajal

2019

Perspect Psychol Sci

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“…Notably, the Agtarap et al (2016) study did not involve a fatigue component. Also, its raw SBP change values were low relative to what is typically seen in mental effort studies (e.g., Richter et al, 2016).…”

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“…This article addresses recent controversy surrounding the influential limited resource model (LRM) of self-control developed by Baumeister and colleagues (Baumeister & Heatherton, 1996; Muraven & Baumeister, 2000). It does so focusing on certain concerns that have been raised and drawing from an emerging analysis of fatigue influence on behavioral restraint that is guiding current research in our laboratory (Agtarap, Wright, Mlynski, Hammad, & Blackledge, 2016; Wright, 2014; Wright & Agtarap, 2015). The concerns pertain to elements of the relevant research literature that present an uncertain fit with one of the model’s key propositions, regarding performance resource depletion—that is, fatigue—influence on inhibitory strength and control.…”

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Fatigue determination of inhibitory strength and control: A babe in a bath.

Wright¹,

Mlynski²

2019

Motivation Science

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This article addresses recent controversy surrounding the limited resource model of self-control developed by Baumeister and colleagues. It does so focusing on certain concerns that have been raised and drawing from an emerging analysis of fatigue influence on behavioral restraint that is guiding current research in our laboratory. The concerns pertain to elements of the relevant research literature that present an uncertain fit with one of the model’s key propositions, regarding performance resource depletion—that is, fatigue—influence on inhibitory strength and control. They have led some investigators to question the proposition, suggesting that related control findings might have been generated by a mechanism or set of mechanisms alternative to fatigue. Our emerging analysis of fatigue influence goes against this grain. It suggests that the fatigue proposition remains viable but could benefit from informed elaboration regarding the role fatigue plays in determining how intensively people resist unwanted behavioral urges. In light of the analysis, the literature elements of concern are not only understandable, but to be expected.

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“…Although robustness of the effect of experimentally induced self-regulatory fatigue has been called into question (e.g., Carter, Kofler, Forster, & McCullough, 2015; Carter & McCullough, 2014), conclusions that the effect does not exist may be “premature” on both theoretical and methodological grounds (Hagger & Chatzisarantis, 2014, p. 298; Inzlicht, Gervais, & Berkman, 2015). Recent theorizing about and empirical evidence for self-regulatory fatigue recognizes that the effects of self-regulatory effort on behavior and physiology are not uniform and are affected by the individual’s self-regulatory resources, motivation, and perception of task importance (e.g., Agtarap, Wright, Mlyniski, Hammad, & Blackledge, 2016; Evans, Boggero, & Segerstrom, 2015; Inzlicht & Schmeichel, 2012; Vohs, Baumeister, & Schmeichel, 2012). Interpersonal tasks such as the present study’s social tasks may engage older adults especially to a greater degree than intrapersonal tasks such as memory tasks, providing a better context in which to investigate fatigue (Hess, 2014).…”

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Time perspective and social preference in older and younger adults: Effects of self-regulatory fatigue.

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Geiger²,

Combs³

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Psychology and Aging

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Socioemotional selectivity theory predicts that when perceived time in life is limited, people will prefer emotionally close social partners over less emotionally rewarding partners. Regulating social choices with regard to time perspective can make the best use of time with regard to well-being. However, doing so may depend on the self-regulatory capacity of the individual. Two studies, one with younger adults (N = 101) and one with younger (N = 42) and older (N = 39) adults, experimentally tested the effects of time perspective and self-regulatory fatigue on preferences for emotionally close partners and knowledgeable partners. In both studies and across younger and older adults, when self-regulatory fatigue was low, the perception of limited time resulted in a greater preference for close social partners relative to knowledgeable social partners. However, this shift was eliminated by self-regulatory fatigue. In Study 2, when fatigued, younger adults preferred close social partners to knowledgeable partners across time perspectives; older adults preferred close and knowledgeable partners more equally across time perspectives. These findings have implications for social decision-making and satisfaction among people who experience chronic self-regulatory fatigue. They also contradict previous suggestions that only younger adults are susceptible to self-regulatory fatigue.

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Success importance and urge magnitude as determinants of cardiovascular response to a behavioral restraint challenge

Cited by 7 publications

References 54 publications

Outsiders’ Thoughts on Generating Self-Regulatory-Depletion (Fatigue) Effects in Limited-Resource Experiments

Outsiders’ Thoughts on Generating Self-Regulatory-Depletion (Fatigue) Effects in Limited-Resource Experiments

Fatigue determination of inhibitory strength and control: A babe in a bath.

Time perspective and social preference in older and younger adults: Effects of self-regulatory fatigue.

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