ABSTRACT Self-regulation is a highly adaptive, distinctively human
trait that enables people to override and alter their responses, including
changing themselves so as to live up to social and other standards. Recent
evidence indicates that self-regulation often consumes a limited resource,
akin to energy or strength, thereby creating a temporary state of ego de-
pletion. This article summarizes recent evidence indicating that regular
exercises in self-regulation can produce broad improvements in self-regu-
lation (like strengthening a muscle), making people less vulnerable to ego
depletion. Furthermore, it shows that ego depletion moderates the effects
of many traits on behavior, particularly such that wide differences in so-
cially disapproved motivations produce greater differences in behavior
when ego depletion weakens the customary inner restraints.
trait that enables people to override and alter their responses, including
changing themselves so as to live up to social and other standards. Recent
evidence indicates that self-regulation often consumes a limited resource,
akin to energy or strength, thereby creating a temporary state of ego de-
pletion. This article summarizes recent evidence indicating that regular
exercises in self-regulation can produce broad improvements in self-regu-
lation (like strengthening a muscle), making people less vulnerable to ego
depletion. Furthermore, it shows that ego depletion moderates the effects
of many traits on behavior, particularly such that wide differences in so-
cially disapproved motivations produce greater differences in behavior
when ego depletion weakens the customary inner restraints.
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