Ego depletion and the use of mental contrasting
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Ego depletion and the use of mental contrasting. / Sevincer, A. Timur; Schlier, Björn; Oettingen, Gabriele.
in: Motivation and Emotion, Jahrgang 39, Nr. 6, 01.12.2015, S. 876-891.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
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T1 - Ego depletion and the use of mental contrasting
AU - Sevincer, A. Timur
AU - Schlier, Björn
AU - Oettingen, Gabriele
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Mentally contrasting a desired future with present reality leads to goal pursuit in accordance with people’s expectations of realizing the desired future. Because mental contrasting is a purposeful self-regulation strategy that involves mental effort and complex information processing we suspected that people who are depleted or mentally fatigued are less likely to mentally contrast than those who are not. Indeed, participants who performed a depleting first task were less likely to subsequently mentally contrast about an important personal wish than those who performed a nondepleting first task. However, activating the desired future and present reality by priming (Study 1) or increasing the demand for mental contrasting by confronting participants with an impending task (Study 2) counteracted the effect of depletion on the reduced use of mental contrasting. We discuss implications for the use of mental contrasting and the strength model of self-control.
AB - Mentally contrasting a desired future with present reality leads to goal pursuit in accordance with people’s expectations of realizing the desired future. Because mental contrasting is a purposeful self-regulation strategy that involves mental effort and complex information processing we suspected that people who are depleted or mentally fatigued are less likely to mentally contrast than those who are not. Indeed, participants who performed a depleting first task were less likely to subsequently mentally contrast about an important personal wish than those who performed a nondepleting first task. However, activating the desired future and present reality by priming (Study 1) or increasing the demand for mental contrasting by confronting participants with an impending task (Study 2) counteracted the effect of depletion on the reduced use of mental contrasting. We discuss implications for the use of mental contrasting and the strength model of self-control.
KW - Content analysis
KW - Ego depletion
KW - Expectations
KW - Mental contrasting
KW - Self-regulation
KW - Spontaneous thought
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84945462331&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11031-015-9508-8
DO - 10.1007/s11031-015-9508-8
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84945462331
VL - 39
SP - 876
EP - 891
JO - Motivation and Emotion
JF - Motivation and Emotion
SN - 0146-7239
IS - 6
ER -