The Past, Present, and Future of Ego Depletion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5338962 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Inzlicht (0000-0001-9297-6497, University of Toronto), Malte Friese (0000-0003-0055-513X, Saarland University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 370-378 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590 |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Verlag (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000398 |
| OpenAlex | W2989238341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 88 |
At the center of social psychology just a few years ago, ego depletion is now widely seen as a controversial topic, one of the chief victims of the replication crisis. Despite over 600 studies of apparent support, many are now asking if ego depletion is even real. Here, we comment on the articles included in this Special Issue: Ego Depletion and Self-Control: Conceptual and Empirical Advances. Specifically, we delineate the contributions and limitations of these articles by embedding them in a brief history of ego depletion, describing the current state of uncertainty about ego depletion's scientific status, and outlining necessary steps for the study of ego depletion to have a healthy future. To us, the most troubling aspect of this controversy is not what it suggests about ego depletion, but what it suggests about social psychology more broadly. If the mere existence of ego depletion is seriously doubted by many, what can be confidently regarded as real in social psychology? By increasing the precision of our theories, continuously validating our manipulations and measures, and practicing the full suite of open science practices, we have the potential to identify legitimate and robust effects and build a cumulative and trustworthy psychological science
Ego Depletion · Id, ego and super-ego · Loevinger's stages of ego development · Self-control · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
Expecting tasks to help or hurt subsequent cognitive performance
Integrating Models of Self-Regulation
The Theory Crisis in Psychology
The effect of ego depletion on intertemporal decision making
Impostor phenomenon and career preparatory activities
Autonomy and its associations with persistence and competence
The motivational consequences of boredom
A Newcomer Socialization Perspective on the Proliferation of Unethical Conduct in Organizations
Accessing Self-Control
An evaluation of the self‐report instruments assessing self‐control
All the right resources, still running on empty
Philosophy of science and the formalization of psychological theory
Value-deflationist self-control
The double-edged sword effect of leader mindfulness on employee taking charge
Exploring the comorbid network of academic burnout and academic procrastination and its relations to social-emotional competence among Chinese 12th grade students
It's a revolving door”
Effect of Ego Depletion on Interpersonal Trust among Individuals with Substance Use Disorders
Bullshitting and Bullibility – Conditions and Consequences
More Than Meets the ERN
Perceived willpower self-efficacy fluctuates dynamically with affect and distress intolerance
Virtues of willpower
The impairing effects of ego depletion on focal and non-focal prospective memory
Creativity gain or drain
Restorative or detrimental? The complex relationship between binge-watching, self-control, and well-being
The effect and mechanism of physical exercise on ego depletion in college students
Giving-by-proxy triggers subsequent charitable behavior
Sexual Attentional Bias in Young Adult Heterosexual Men
Elegant theories and the problems of social psychology
Rise of the Dark Side
Increase in physiological inhibitory control results in better suppression of unwanted memories
Boring thoughts and bored minds
Is Ego Depletion Real? An Analysis of Arguments
What Is Ego Depletion? Toward a Mechanistic Revision of the Resource Model of Self-Control
A series of meta-analytic tests of the depletion effect
To What Extent and Under Which Circumstances Are Growth Mind-Sets Important to Academic Achievement? Two Meta-Analyses
Why self-control seems (but may not be) limited
An opportunity cost model of subjective effort and task performance
A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement
Mechanisms of Self-Control Failure
A Multilab Preregistered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect
Does Self-Control Training Improve Self-Control? A Meta-Analysis
Self-regulation, ego depletion, and inhibition
Correcting for Bias in Psychology
Does stereotype threat influence performance of girls in stereotyped domains? A meta-analysis
Mini Meta‐Analysis of Your Own Studies
Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science
The Strength Model of Self-Control
False-Positive Psychology
Ego Depletion Is Not Just Fatigue
What’s So Great About Self-Control? Examining the Importance of Effortful Self-Control and Temptation in Predicting Real-Life Depletion and Goal Attainment
One Hundred Years of Social Psychology Quantitatively Described
Self-control “in the wild”
Many Labs 2
Testing the role of glucose in self-control
A meta-analysis of the convergent validity of self-control measures
Stereotype threat may not impact women's inhibitory control or mathematical performance
Self-control relies on glucose as a limited energy source
Automaticity of social behavior
An examination of stereotype threat effects on girls’ mathematics performance
Helpful self-control
Is the Letter Cancellation Task a Suitable Index of Ego Depletion
Intense Self-Regulatory Effort Increases Need for Conservation and Reduces Attractiveness of Energy-Requiring Rewards
Self-control as a limited resource
Ego depletion
Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African Americans
Everyday temptations
Stereotype Threat and Women's Math Performance
The Expression of Ego Depletion
Registered Reports
The Perception of Available Resources Influences the After-Effect of Cognitive Control on Cognitive Performance and Pain
Ego Depletion May Disappear by 2020
The Limits of Ego Depletion
Sweet Nothings
Development of a Within-Subject, Repeated-Measures Ego-Depletion Paradigm
Ego depletion and the strength model of self-control
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |