It is premature to regard the ego-depletion effect as "Too Incredible"
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Chatzisarantis, Nikos LD
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A commentary on Is ego depletion too incredible? Evidence for the overestimation of the depletion effect
by Carter, E., and McCullough, M. (2013). Behav. Brain Sci. 36, 683–684. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13000952
The “strength” model conceptualizes self-control as a limited resource (Baumeister et al., 1998). Individuals are able to exert self-control, but only for a limited period after which capacity declines leading to reduced self-control capacity; a state known as ego-depletion. The model has generated a sizable literature confirming the ego-depletion effect in multiple spheres. Our meta-analysis of published ego-depletion studies computed a medium-sized effect (d = 0.62) across 198 tests (Hagger et al., 2010).
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Frontiers in Psychology
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© 2014 Hagger and Chatzisarantis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Cognitive and computational psychology
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
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self-regulation
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Hagger, MS; Chatzisarantis, NLD, It is premature to regard the ego-depletion effect as "Too Incredible", Frontiers in Psychology, 2014, 5, pp. 298