Can implementation intentions help to overcome ego-depletion?

By Thomas Llewelyn Webb, P. Sheeran. 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Planning promotes goal striving. (2011, methodology): “Indeed, using different ego-depletion paradigms, research participants who used implementation intentions to self-regulate in one task did not show reduced self-regulatory capacity in a subsequent task (e.g., Webb & Sheeran, 2003).”
Automatic emotion regulation (2005, background): “…by Bargh and others (e.g., Bargh & Gollwitzer, 1994; Custers & Aarts, 2005; Glaser & Kihlstrom, 2005; Moskowitz, Gollwitzer, Wasel, & Schaal, 1999; Webb & Sheeran, 2003) on automatic goal pursuit has challenged the notion that ‘higher-level’ processes can only take place in a deliberate fashion.”
The strength model of self-regulation failure and health-related behaviour (2009, background): “Arguably, the mechanism behind this effect is due to action plans leading to a more efficient, automatic execution of the action and thus a reduced demand on self-control resources (Webb & Sheeran, 2003).”
Exploring the Mechanisms of Self-Control Improvement (2014, background): “Implementation intentions improve control by associating the control of one’s behavior with specific situations—when the anticipated situation is encountered, it automatically cues the behavior, even under conditions of fatigue (Webb & Sheeran, 2003).”
After Depletion: The Replenishment of the Self's Regulatory Resources (2008, methodology): “To manipulate the initial self-regulatory conditions, we employed a numerical – physical activity task that was successfully used as a depletion exercise in prior resource depletion studies (Webb & Sheeran, 2003 ; adapted from Fawcett, Nicolson, & Dean, 1996 ).”
Building a Sustainable Model of Human Energy in Organizations: Exploring the Critical Role of Resources (2012, background): “…et al., 1998), thought suppression (Muraven et al., 1998), coping with stress (Muraven & Baumeister, 2000), persistence on unsolvable puzzles (Webb & Sheeran, 2003), and impulse resistance (Vohs & Heatherton, 2000), their capacity for subsequent self-regulation tasks is reduced (Fischer,…”
Automatic emotion regulation during anger provocation (2007, background): “Second, automatic processes presumably are activated quickly and operate eYciently (Bargh, 1994; Kihlstrom, 1987; Webb & Sheeran, 2003; Wilson & Schooler, 1991).”
Self‐regulation strategies improve self‐discipline in adolescents: benefits of mental contrasting and implementation intentions (2011, background): “…help individuals control intrusive thoughts and feelings (Gollwitzer & Schaal, 1998), and they shield goal striving from detrimental self-states (e.g. ego-depletion; Webb & Sheeran, 2003) and adverse situational influences (e.g. a loss-framed negotiation setting; Trötschel & Gollwitzer, 2007).”
When and why do implicit measures predict behaviour? Empirical evidence for the moderating role of opportunity, motivation, and process reliance (2008, background): “Provided with a sufficient motivation, they may overcome this depletion at least temporarily and self-control just as well as individuals with full resources (Martijn et al, 2007 ; Webb & Sheeran, 2003 ).”
Self-regulation of consumer decision making and behavior: The role of implementation intentions (2009, positive): “…& Baumeister, 2000) are found to stay preserved when goal striving is regulated by implementation intentions, and thus for individuals using implementation intentions, not overextending oneself becomes easier (Webb & Sheeran, 2003; Martijn, Alberts, Sheeran, Peters, Mikolajczak, & de Vries, 2008).”
Directed Attention as a Common Resource for Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation (2010, background): “…the concept that the authors termed as ego depletion , which exem-plify how acts of self-control can temporarily deplete self-regulation capacity (Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Muraven, & Tice, 1998; Tice, Baumeister, Shmueli, & Muraven, 2007; Vohs, Baumeister, & Ciarroco, 2005; Webb & Sheeran, 2003).”
Ego Depletion—Is It All in Your Head? (2010, methodology): “Next, participants completed a standard measure of ego depletion—a Stroop task (Gailliot et al., 2007; Inzlicht, McKay, & Aronson, 2006; Webb & Sheeran, 2003).”
Education for sustainable development beyond attitude change (2009, background): “A powerful but often over-looked factor that influences whether we act on our intentions is habit (Dahlstrand and Biel, 1997; Webb and Sheeran, 2003 ).”