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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 573-585Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.10.008
Keywords
self-control; depletion; self-determination theory; autonomy support
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- NIAAA NIH HHS [R21 AA012770, R21 AA012770-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDA NIH HHS [R01 DA016131-05, R01 DA016131] Funding Source: Medline
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Why someone exerts self-control may influence how depleting a task is. Feeling compelled to exert self-control require more self-control strength than exerting self-control for more autonomous reasons. Across three experiments, individuals whose autonomy was supported while exerting self-control performed better on a subsequent test of self-control as compared to individuals who had more pressure placed upon them while exerting self-control. The differences in self-control performance were not due to anxiety, stress, unpleasantness, or reduced motivation among the controlled participants. Additional analyses suggested that the decline in self-control performance was mediated by subjective vitality. Feelings of autonomy support lead to enhanced feelings of subjective vitality. This increased vitality may help replenish lost ego-strength, which lead to better self-control performance subsequently. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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