A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect

Junhua Dang; Paul Barker; Anna Baumert; Margriet Bentvelzen; Elliot Berkman; Nita Buchholz; Jacek Buczny; Zhansheng Chen; Valeria De Cristofaro; Lianne de Vries; Siegfried Dewitte; Mauro Giacomantonio; Ran Gong; Maaike Homan; Roland Imhoff; Ismaharif Ismail; Lile Jia; Thomas Kubiak; Florian Lange; Dan Yang Li; Jordan Livingston; Rita Ludwig; Angelo Panno; Joshua Pearman; Niklas Rassi; Helgi B. Schiöth; Manfred Schmitt; A. Timur Sevincer; Jiaxin Shi; Angelos Stamos; Yia Chin Tan; Mario Wenzel; Oulmann Zerhouni; Li Wei Zhang; Yi Jia Zhang; Axel Zinkernagel

doi:10.1177/1948550619887702

A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Standard

A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect. / Dang, Junhua; Barker, Paul; Baumert, Anna et al.
In: Social Psychological and Personality Science, Vol. 12, No. 1, 01.2021, p. 14-24.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Dang, J, Barker, P, Baumert, A, Bentvelzen, M, Berkman, E, Buchholz, N, Buczny, J, Chen, Z, De Cristofaro, V, de Vries, L, Dewitte, S, Giacomantonio, M, Gong, R, Homan, M, Imhoff, R, Ismail, I, Jia, L, Kubiak, T, Lange, F, Li, DY, Livingston, J, Ludwig, R, Panno, A, Pearman, J, Rassi, N, Schiöth, HB, Schmitt, M, Sevincer, AT, Shi, J, Stamos, A, Tan, YC, Wenzel, M, Zerhouni, O, Zhang, LW, Zhang, YJ & Zinkernagel, A 2021, 'A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect', Social Psychological and Personality Science, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619887702

APA

Dang, J., Barker, P., Baumert, A., Bentvelzen, M., Berkman, E., Buchholz, N., Buczny, J., Chen, Z., De Cristofaro, V., de Vries, L., Dewitte, S., Giacomantonio, M., Gong, R., Homan, M., Imhoff, R., Ismail, I., Jia, L., Kubiak, T., Lange, F., ... Zinkernagel, A. (2021). A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(1), 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619887702

Vancouver

Dang J, Barker P, Baumert A, Bentvelzen M, Berkman E, Buchholz N et al. A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 2021 Jan;12(1):14-24. doi: 10.1177/1948550619887702

Bibtex

@article{7dc1ac6fe3f445daa768176040fbce95,

title = "A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect",

abstract = "There is an active debate regarding whether the ego depletion effect is real. A recent preregistered experiment with the Stroop task as the depleting task and the antisaccade task as the outcome task found a medium-level effect size. In the current research, we conducted a preregistered multilab replication of that experiment. Data from 12 labs across the globe (N = 1,775) revealed a small and significant ego depletion effect, d = 0.10. After excluding participants who might have responded randomly during the outcome task, the effect size increased to d = 0.16. By adding an informative, unbiased data point to the literature, our findings contribute to clarifying the existence, size, and generality of ego depletion.",

keywords = "ego depletion, multilab, preregistration, self-control, Psychology",

author = "Junhua Dang and Paul Barker and Anna Baumert and Margriet Bentvelzen and Elliot Berkman and Nita Buchholz and Jacek Buczny and Zhansheng Chen and {De Cristofaro}, Valeria and {de Vries}, Lianne and Siegfried Dewitte and Mauro Giacomantonio and Ran Gong and Maaike Homan and Roland Imhoff and Ismaharif Ismail and Lile Jia and Thomas Kubiak and Florian Lange and Li, {Dan Yang} and Jordan Livingston and Rita Ludwig and Angelo Panno and Joshua Pearman and Niklas Rassi and Schi{\"o}th, {Helgi B.} and Manfred Schmitt and Sevincer, {A. Timur} and Jiaxin Shi and Angelos Stamos and Tan, {Yia Chin} and Mario Wenzel and Oulmann Zerhouni and Zhang, {Li Wei} and Zhang, {Yi Jia} and Axel Zinkernagel",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2020.",

year = "2021",

month = jan,

doi = "10.1177/1948550619887702",

language = "English",

volume = "12",

pages = "14--24",

journal = "Social Psychological and Personality Science",

issn = "1948-5506",

publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",

number = "1",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect

AU - Dang, Junhua

AU - Barker, Paul

AU - Baumert, Anna

AU - Bentvelzen, Margriet

AU - Berkman, Elliot

AU - Buchholz, Nita

AU - Buczny, Jacek

AU - Chen, Zhansheng

AU - De Cristofaro, Valeria

AU - de Vries, Lianne

AU - Dewitte, Siegfried

AU - Giacomantonio, Mauro

AU - Gong, Ran

AU - Homan, Maaike

AU - Imhoff, Roland

AU - Ismail, Ismaharif

AU - Jia, Lile

AU - Kubiak, Thomas

AU - Lange, Florian

AU - Li, Dan Yang

AU - Livingston, Jordan

AU - Ludwig, Rita

AU - Panno, Angelo

AU - Pearman, Joshua

AU - Rassi, Niklas

AU - Schiöth, Helgi B.

AU - Schmitt, Manfred

AU - Sevincer, A. Timur

AU - Shi, Jiaxin

AU - Stamos, Angelos

AU - Tan, Yia Chin

AU - Wenzel, Mario

AU - Zerhouni, Oulmann

AU - Zhang, Li Wei

AU - Zhang, Yi Jia

AU - Zinkernagel, Axel

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2020.

PY - 2021/1

Y1 - 2021/1

N2 - There is an active debate regarding whether the ego depletion effect is real. A recent preregistered experiment with the Stroop task as the depleting task and the antisaccade task as the outcome task found a medium-level effect size. In the current research, we conducted a preregistered multilab replication of that experiment. Data from 12 labs across the globe (N = 1,775) revealed a small and significant ego depletion effect, d = 0.10. After excluding participants who might have responded randomly during the outcome task, the effect size increased to d = 0.16. By adding an informative, unbiased data point to the literature, our findings contribute to clarifying the existence, size, and generality of ego depletion.

AB - There is an active debate regarding whether the ego depletion effect is real. A recent preregistered experiment with the Stroop task as the depleting task and the antisaccade task as the outcome task found a medium-level effect size. In the current research, we conducted a preregistered multilab replication of that experiment. Data from 12 labs across the globe (N = 1,775) revealed a small and significant ego depletion effect, d = 0.10. After excluding participants who might have responded randomly during the outcome task, the effect size increased to d = 0.16. By adding an informative, unbiased data point to the literature, our findings contribute to clarifying the existence, size, and generality of ego depletion.

KW - ego depletion

KW - multilab

KW - preregistration

KW - self-control

KW - Psychology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083208952&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/1948550619887702

DO - 10.1177/1948550619887702

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 34113424

AN - SCOPUS:85083208952

VL - 12

SP - 14

EP - 24

JO - Social Psychological and Personality Science

JF - Social Psychological and Personality Science

SN - 1948-5506

IS - 1

ER -

Related by journal

Belief in Free Will Is Related to Internal Attribution in Self-Perception

Genschow, O. & Lange, J., 01.11.2022, In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 13, 8, p. 1259-1268 10 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Olech, M., Vandello, J. A., Bender, M., Dandy, J., Hoorens, V., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Mankowski, E., Venäläinen, S., Abuhamdeh, S., Agyemang, C. B., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Ariyanto, A., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Ashraf, M., Bakaitytė, A., Becker, M., Bertolli, C., Bërxulli, D., Best, D. L., Bi, C., Block, K., Boehnke, M., Bongiorno, R., Bosak, J., Casini, A., Chen, Q., Chi, P., Cubela Adoric, V., Daalmans, S., de Lemus, S., Dhakal, S., Dvorianchikov, N., Egami, S., Etchezahar, E., Esteves, C. S., Froehlich, L., Garcia-Sanchez, E., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., Gomez, Á., Guizzo, F., Graf, S., Greijdanus, H., Grigoryan, A., Grzymała-Moszczyńska, J., Guerch, K., Gustafsson Sendén, M., Hale, M. L., Hämer, H., Hirai, M., Hoang Duc, L., Hřebíčková, M., Hutchings, P. B., Jensen, D. H., Karabati, S., Kelmendi, K., Kengyel, G., Khachatryan, N., Ghazzawi, R., Kinahan, M., Kirby, T. A., Kovacs, M., Kozlowski, D., Krivoshchekov, V., Kryś, K., Kulich, C., Kurosawa, T., Lac An, N. T., Labarthe-Carrara, J., Lauri, M. A., Latu, I., Lawal, A. M., Li, J., Lindner, J., Lindqvist, A., Maitner, A. T., Makarova, E., Makashvili, A., Malayeri, S., Malik, S., Mancini, T., Manzi, C., Mari, S., Martiny, S. E., Mayer, C. H., Mihić, V., MiloševićĐorđević, J., Moreno-Bella, E., Moscatelli, S., Moynihan, A. B., Muller, D., Narhetali, E., Neto, F., Noels, K. A., Nyúl, B., O’Connor, E. C., Ochoa, D. P., Ohno, S., Olanrewaju Adebayo, S., Osborne, R., Pacilli, M. G., Palacio, J., Patnaik, S., Pavlopoulos, V., de León, P. P., Piterová, I., Porto, J. B., Puzio, A., Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Rentería Pérez, E., Renström, E., Rousseaux, T., Ryan, M. K., Safdar, S., Sainz, M., Salvati, M., Samekin, A., Schindler, S., Sevincer, A. T., Seydi, M., Shepherd, D., Sherbaji, S., Schmader, T., Simão, C., Sobhie, R., Sobiecki, J., De Souza, L., Sarter, E., Sulejmanović, D., Sullivan, K. E., Tatsumi, M., Tavitian-Elmadjian, L., Thakur, S. J., Thi Mong Chi, Q., Torre, B., Torres, A., Torres, C. V., Türkoğlu, B., Ungaretti, J., Valshtein, T., Van Laar, C., van der Noll, J., Vasiutynskyi, V., Vauclair, C. M., Vohra, N., Walentynowicz, M., Ward, C., Włodarczyk, A., Yang, Y., Yzerbyt, V., Zanello, V., Zapata-Calvente, A. L., Zawisza, M., Žukauskienė, R. & Żadkowska, M., 09.2023, In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 14, 7, p. 808-824 17 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction—Unlocking the power of organizational identification: A cross-cultural perspective from 54 countries

CSREM 2024 - Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction & Wojtczuk-Turek, A., 09.2024, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 31, 5, p. 4910-4932 23 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619887702
Final published version

A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect

Standard

Harvard

APA

Vancouver

Bibtex

RIS

Related by journal

Belief in Free Will Is Related to Internal Attribution in Self-Perception

Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models

Global Consciousness Predicts Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence From 35 Cultures

Professional Judges’ Disbelief in Free Will Does Not Decrease Punishment

“Terrorist” or “Mentally Ill”: Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions About Violent Actors

Other publications by the same author(s)

Low working memory reduces the use of mental contrasting

Mental contrasting and conflict management in satisfied and unsatisfied romantic relationships

Self-Regulatory Thought Across Time and Domains

Students’ Beliefs About Trigger Warnings

Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction—Unlocking the power of organizational identification: A cross-cultural perspective from 54 countries

DOI