Ego Depletion—Is It All in Your Head?

By V. Job, Carol S. Dweck, Gregory Walton. Psychology Science, 2010

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Effortless Self‐Control: A Novel Perspective on Response Conflict Strategies in Trait Self‐Control (2015, background): “…resource that would account for depletion effects after initial self-control exertion, demonstrating that personal beliefs about willpower ( Job, Dweck, & Walton, 2010), self-affirmation (Schmeichel & Vohs, 2009), mood (Tice, Baumeister, Shmueli, & Muraven, 2007), and incentives (Muraven &…”
Serving You Depletes Me? A Leader-Centric Examination of Servant Leadership Behaviors (2020, background): “Doing so would help unravel differences between physiological and subjective aspects of depletion (e.g., Inzlicht & Schmeichel, 2012; Job et al., 2010).”
Self-Affirmation: Understanding the Effects (2013, background): “Email: david.sherman@psych.ucsb.edu 1 Another issue is whether affirmation increases actual self-resources or the perception of self-resources (see for example Clarkson et al., 2010; Job et al., 2010).”
On the Unnecessary Ubiquity of Hierarchical Linear Modeling (2017, background): “Furthermore, two of these studies had discrete outcomes (Job et al., 2010; Lopez et al., 2014) meaning that a cluster-specific model was fit without any mention of the modeling components that make the model cluster-specific, a meaningful decision that affects the magnitude and interpretation of…”
Expanding minds: Growth mindsets of self-regulation and the influences on effort and perseverance (2018, background): “Although both growth mindsets of self-regulation and non-limited theories of willpower (Job et al., 2010; Job et al., 2013; Job, Bernecker, et al., 2015; Job, Walton, et al., 2015) describe beliefs about mental energy and can have similar effects, it is worth reiterating how they differ.”
Weakness of the will: Is a quick fix possible? (2014, background): “Believers of the limited resource model do not have to be turned into non-believers or even believers of an unlimited resource model (Job et al. 2010, 2013) by a respective persuasion intervention.”
Influence of Warm versus Cool Temperatures on Consumer Choice: A Resource Depletion Account (2012, background): “Support for the motivation account comes from research showing that beliefs that resources are limited affects subsequent effort (Job, Dweck and Walton 2010; Martijn et al. 2002).”
What Is Ego Depletion? Toward a Mechanistic Revision of the Resource Model of Self-Control (2012, background): “Job, Dweck, and Walton (2010) found that personal or lay beliefs about willpower, specifically beliefs about whether it is a limited or unlimited resource, can moderate the ego depletion effect, which suggests that merely believing that willpower is unlimited can eliminate the effect.”