TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of implicit affective responses and trait self-control in ego resource management
AU - Buczny, Jacek
AU - Layton, Rebekah L.
AU - Muraven, Mark
PY - 2015/10/15
Y1 - 2015/10/15
N2 - Exertion of self-control requires reliance on ego resources. Impaired performance typically results once those resources have been depleted by previous use. Yet the mechanism behind the depletion processes is little understood. Beliefs, motivation, and physiological changes have been implicated, yet the source behind these remains unknown. We propose that implicit may form the fundamental building blocks that these processes rely upon to operate. Implicit affective responses to energy may trigger management of ego resources after depletion. Findings suggest that inhibitory trait self-control may interact with the depletion effect, indicating the importance of taking individual differences in chronic availability of ego-resources into account. After depletion, individuals high in trait self-control may be less motivated to conserve remaining resources than those low in self-control. This mechanism may also help explain the conservation of resources observed when expecting multiple tasks requiring self-control.
AB - Exertion of self-control requires reliance on ego resources. Impaired performance typically results once those resources have been depleted by previous use. Yet the mechanism behind the depletion processes is little understood. Beliefs, motivation, and physiological changes have been implicated, yet the source behind these remains unknown. We propose that implicit may form the fundamental building blocks that these processes rely upon to operate. Implicit affective responses to energy may trigger management of ego resources after depletion. Findings suggest that inhibitory trait self-control may interact with the depletion effect, indicating the importance of taking individual differences in chronic availability of ego-resources into account. After depletion, individuals high in trait self-control may be less motivated to conserve remaining resources than those low in self-control. This mechanism may also help explain the conservation of resources observed when expecting multiple tasks requiring self-control.
KW - Affect
KW - Depletion
KW - Resource conservation
KW - Self-control
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U2 - 10.1007/s11031-015-9489-7
DO - 10.1007/s11031-015-9489-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84941743726
VL - 39
SP - 669
EP - 679
JO - Motivation and Emotion
JF - Motivation and Emotion
SN - 0146-7239
IS - 5
ER -