TY - JOUR
AU1 - Muraven, Mark
AU2 - Baumeister, Roy F.
AB - The authors review evidence that self-control may consume a limited resource. Exerting self-control may consume self-control strength, reducing the amount of strength available for subsequent self-control efforts. Coping with stress, regulating negative affect, and resisting temptations require self-control, and after such self-control efforts, subsequent attempts at self-control are more likely to fail. Continuous self-control efforts, such as vigilance, also degrade over time. These decrements in self-control are probably not due to negative moods or learned helplessness produced by the initial self-control attempt. These decrements appear to be specific to behaviors that involve self-control; behaviors that do not require self-control neither consume nor require self-control strength. It is concluded that the executive component of the self—in particular, inhibition—relies on a limited, consumable resource.
TI - Self-Regulation and Depletion of Limited Resources: Does Self-Control Resemble a Muscle?
JF - Psychological Bulletin
DO - 10.1037/0033-2909.126.2.247
DA - 2000-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/self-regulation-and-depletion-of-limited-resources-does-self-control-eDaUY0oInK
SP - 247
EP - 259
VL - 126
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -