1. Misguided Effort with Elusive Implications
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M. S. Hagger, N. L. D. Chatzisarantis, H. Alberts, C. O. Anggono, C. Batailler, A. R. Birt, R. Brand, M. J. Brandt, G. Brewer, S. Bruyneel, D. P. Calvillo, W. K. Campbell, P. R. Cannon, M. Carlucci, N. P. Carruth, T. Cheung, A. Crowell, D. T. D. De Ridder, S. Dewitte, M. Elson, J. R. Evans, B. A. Fay, B. M. Fennis, A. Finley, Z. Francis, E. Heise, H. Hoemann, M. Inzlicht, S. L. Koole, L. Koppel, F. Kroese, F. Lange, K. Lau, B. P. Lynch, C. Martijn, H. Merckelbach, N. V. Mills, A. Michirev, A. Miyake, A. E. Mosser, M. Muise, D. Muller, M. Muzi, D. Nalis, R. Nurwanti, H. Otgaar, M. C. Philipp, P. Primoceri, K. Rentzsch, L. Ringos, C. Schlinkert, B. J. Schmeichel, S. F. Schoch, M. Schrama, A. Schütz, A. Stamos, G. Tinghög, J. Ullrich, M. vanDellen, S. Wimbarti, W. Wolff, C. Yusainy, O. Zerhouni, M. Zwienenberg, RS: FPN CPS I, Section Eating Disorders and Obesity, RS: FPN CPS II, Section Forensic Psychology, RS: FPN CPS IV, Research Programme Marketing, Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique [Bruxelles] (IRM), RMN et optique : De la mesure au biomarqueur, Centre de Recherche en Acquisition et Traitement de l'Image pour la Santé (CREATIS), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut d'Electronique du Solide et des Systèmes (InESS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes-CNR, University of Ca’ Foscari [Venice, Italy], Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie : Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social (LIP-PC2S ), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Laboratoire d'Etude de l'Apprentissage et du Développement [Dijon] (LEAD), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bourgogne (UB), Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Social Psychology, University of Zurich, Hagger, Martin S, Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique [Bruxelles] - Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM), Clinical Psychology, Marketing, Communication Science, EMGO+ - Mental Health, and Batailler, Cédric
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Research design ,energy model ,Social psychology (sociology) ,Ego depletion ,reanalysis ,[SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology ,050109 social psychology ,strength model ,NEURAL BASES ,Task (project management) ,Developmental psychology ,ddc:150 ,Task Performance and Analysis ,Psychology ,registered replication report ,LIMITED-RESOURCE ,Applied Psychology ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,General Psychology ,resource depletion ,self-regulation ,meta-analysis ,media_common ,Cognitive science ,General Commentary ,10093 Institute of Psychology ,05 social sciences ,social psychology ,3200 General Psychology ,Self-control ,16. Peace & justice ,Resource depletion ,Research Design ,Meta-analysis ,FMRI ,[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology ,Social psychology ,metaanalysis ,Adult ,media_common.quotation_subject ,050105 experimental psychology ,[SHS.PSY] Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology ,Young Adult ,Meta-Analysis as Topic ,Humans ,Personality ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,METAANALYSIS ,Psykologi (exklusive tillämpad psykologi) ,self control ,Reproducibility of Results ,Tillämpad psykologi ,Replication (computing) ,Confidence interval ,SELF-CONTROL ,Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology) ,REPLICABILITY ,TASK ,150 Psychology ,ego depletion - Abstract
Good self-control has been linked to adaptive outcomes such as better health, cohesive personal relationships, success in the workplace and at school, and less susceptibility to crime and addictions. In contrast, self-control failure is linked to maladaptive outcomes. Understanding the mechanisms by which self-control predicts behavior may assist in promoting better regulation and outcomes. A popular approach to understanding self-control is the strength or resource depletion model. Self-control is conceptualized as a limited resource that becomes depleted after a period of exertion resulting in self-control failure. The model has typically been tested using a sequential-task experimental paradigm, in which people completing an initial self-control task have reduced self-control capacity and poorer performance on a subsequent task, a state known as ego depletion. Although a meta-analysis of ego-depletion experiments found a medium-sized effect, subsequent meta-analyses have questioned the size and existence of the effect and identified instances of possible bias. The analyses served as a catalyst for the current Registered Replication Report of the ego-depletion effect. Multiple laboratories (k = 23, total N = 2,141) conducted replications of a standardized ego-depletion protocol based on a sequential-task paradigm by Sripada et al. Meta-analysis of the studies revealed that the size of the ego-depletion effect was small with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) that encompassed zero (d = 0.04, 95% CI [−0.07, 0.15]. We discuss implications of the findings for the ego-depletion effect and the resource depletion model of self-control. Contributing authors affiliated with Linköping University are also listed as Contributors in the list of the article's main authors.Contributing authors: Hugo Alberts, Calvin Octavianus Anggono, Cédric Batailler, Angela R. Birt, Ralf Brand, Mark J. Brandt, Gene Brewer, Sabrina Bruyneel, Dustin P. Calvillo, W. Keith Campbell, Peter R. Cannon, Marianna Carlucci, Nicholas P. Carruth, Tracy Cheung, Adrienne Crowell, Denise T. D. De Ridder, Siegfried Dewitte, Malte Elson, Jacqueline R. Evans, Benjamin A. Fay, Bob M. Fennis, Anna Finley, Zoë Francis, Elke Heise, Henrik Hoemann, Michael Inzlicht, Sander L. Koole, Lina Koppel, Floor Kroese, Florian Lange, Kevin Lau, Bridget P. Lynch, Carolien Martijn, Harald Merckelbach, Nicole V. Mills, Alexej Michirev, Akira Miyake, Alexandra E. Mosser, Megan Muise, Dominique Muller, Milena Muzi, Dario Nalis, Ratri Nurwanti, Henry Otgaar, Michael C. Philipp, Pierpaolo Primoceri, Katrin Rentzsch, Lara Ringos, Caroline Schlinkert, Brandon J. Schmeichel, Sarah F. Schoch, Michel Schrama, Astrid Schütz, Angelos Stamos, Gustav Tinghög, Johannes Ullrich, Michelle vanDellen, Supra Wimbarti, Wanja Wolff, Cleoputri Yusainy, Oulmann Zerhouni, Maria Zwienenberg
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- 2016