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- Title
Self-regulation and depletion of limited resources: does self-control resemble a muscle?
- Authors
Muraven, M; Baumeister, R F
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Psychological bulletin, 2000, Vol 126, Issue 2, p247
- ISSN
0033-2909
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0033-2909.126.2.247