Exploring the Interplay of Trait Self-Control and Ego Depletion: Empirical Evidence for Ironic Effects
Exploring the Interplay of Trait Self-Control and Ego Depletion: Empirical Evidence for Ironic Effects
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DOI：
10.1002/per.1899
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发表时间：
2014-09-01
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5.9
通讯作者：
Gerstenberg, Friederike
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作者：
Imhoff, Roland;Schmidt, Alexander F.;Gerstenberg, Friederike
特质自我控制（TSC）被概念化为一种普遍而抽象的能力，可以在多个领域进行自我调节，并产生大部分有益的效果。然而，它与自律资源枯竭的关系却很少受到关注。我们在两项研究中系统地探讨了特质与情境自我控制的相互作用（总 N=264）。与 TSC 的积极看法相反，结果显示，在糖果消费（研究 1）、冒险行为（研究 2）和成就动机（研究 2）等不同领域，高（与低）自我控制能力的自我损耗效应更大。有人提出，这些讽刺效应可归因于高 TSC 个体在日常生活中较少主动抑制冲动，以及由此导致的缺乏抵制急性诱惑的经验。第三项研究 (N>=358) 通过表明 TSC 确实与日常生活中不太频繁的冲动抑制有关，证实了这一普遍推理。我们的数据指出了自我损耗范式中性格自控的缺点。讨论了解决文献中不一致的发现的其他解释和潜在的未来途径。版权所有 (c) 2013 欧洲人格心理学协会
Trait self-control (TSC) has been conceptualized as a general and abstract ability to exert self-regulation across multiple domains that has mostly beneficial effects. However, its relationship to situational depletion of self-regulatory resources has received little attention. We systematically explore the interplay of trait and situational self-control in two studies (total N=264). In contrast with a positive view of TSC, the results show greater ego depletion effects for high (vs. low) self-control abilities across such diverse domains as candy consumption (Study 1), risk-taking behaviour (Study 2) and achievement motivation (Study 2). It is proposed that these ironic effects are attributable to high-TSC individuals' less frequent active inhibition of impulses in everyday life and their resulting lack of experience in resisting acute temptations. A third study (N>=358) corroborated this general reasoning by showing that TSC is indeed associated with less frequent impulse inhibition in daily routines. Our data point to a downside of dispositional self-control in ego depletion paradigms. Other explanations and potential future avenues for resolving inconsistent findings across the literature are discussed. Copyright (c) 2013 European Association of Personality Psychology