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Review of Selfcontrol Induced Ego Depletion
Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2017, 5 (6):
353-358.
DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2017.06.005
There is a growing body of research about selfcontrol induced ego depletion in recent years. The studies mainly adopted the experimental paradigm of dual unrelated selfcontrol task, which involved the inhibitory control of cognition, emotion and behavior. The results showed that selfcontrol could induce ego depletion, namely selfcontrol depletion, and after the depletion, it could be compensated. However, the problem is that, in theory and practice, selfcontrol is not equal to ego depletion. In this paper, we reviewed the research literature on ego depletion induced by selfcontrol. We suggest that, firstly, previous studies narrow the concept of selfcontrol and equated selfcontrol with inhibitory control; secondly, the ecological validity of dual unrelated selfcontrol task is not high; finally, “white bear” thoughtcontrol task does not have culture universal applicability. Therefore, the future selfcontrol study should based on the reality, and pay more attention to its positive effects.
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