| Title | The Ego Could Be Depleted, Providing Initial Exertion Is Depleting A Preregistered Experiment of the Ego Depletion Effect |
| Authors | Dang, Junhua Liu, Ying Liu, Xiaoping Mao, Lihua |
| Affiliation | Lund Univ, Dept Psychol, S-22350 Lund, Sweden. Peking Univ, Sch Psychol & Cognit Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Beijing Key Lab Behav & Mental Hlth, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Lund Univ, Dept Psychol, S-22350 Lund, Sweden. Mao, LH (reprint author), Peking Univ, Sch Psychol & Cognit Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Mao, LH (reprint author), Peking Univ, Beijing Key Lab Behav & Mental Hlth, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. |
| Keywords | self-control ego depletion preregistration SELF-CONTROL LIMITED RESOURCE ORIENTATION REPLICATION |
| Issue Date | 2017 |
| Publisher | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Citation | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY.2017,48(4),242-245. |
| Abstract | The ego depletion effect has been examined by over 300 independent studies during the past two decades. Despite its pervasive influence, recently this effect has been severely challenged and asserted to be a fake. Based on an up-to-date meta-analysis that examined the effectiveness of each frequently used depleting task, we preregistered the current experiment with the aim to examine whether there would be an ego depletion effect when the Stroop task is used as the depleting task. The results demonstrated a significant ego depletion effect. The current research highlights the importance of the depleting task's effectiveness. That is to say, the "ego" could be "depleted," but only when initial exertion is "depleting." |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/469034 |
| ISSN | 1864-9335 |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000308 |
| Indexed | SSCI |
| Appears in Collections: | 心理与认知科学学院 行为与心理健康北京市重点实验室 |
