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Bad is Stronger than Good
- R. Baumeister, E. Bratslavsky, C. Finkenauer, K. Vohs
- Psychology
- 1 December 2001
The greater power of bad events over good ones is found in everyday events, major life events (e.g., trauma), close relationship outcomes, social network patterns, interpersonal interactions, and…
Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, or Healthier Lifestyles?
- R. Baumeister, J. Campbell, J. Krueger, K. Vohs
- PsychologyPsychological science in the public interest : a…
- 1 May 2003
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The Strength Model of Self-Control
- R. Baumeister, K. Vohs, D. Tice
- PsychologyEncyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine
- 1 May 2007
Self-control is a central function of the self and an important key to success in life. The exertion of self-control appears to depend on a limited resource. Just as a muscle gets tired from…
The Meaning Maintenance Model: On the Coherence of Social Motivations
The meaning maintenance model (MMM) proposes that people have a needfor meaning; that is, a need to perceive events through a prism of mental representations of expected relations that organizes…
How Emotion Shapes Behavior: Feedback, Anticipation, and Reflection, Rather Than Direct Causation
- R. Baumeister, K. Vohs, C. Nathan DeWall, Liqing Zhang
- PsychologyPersonality and social psychology review : an…
- 1 May 2007
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Self-Regulatory Failure: A Resource-Depletion Approach
- K. Vohs, T. Heatherton
- PsychologyPsychological science
- 1 May 2000
Three studies were conducted to test the behavioral consequences of effortful self-regulation. Individuals with chronic inhibitions about eating were exposed to situations varying in level of…
Self-Regulation, Ego Depletion, and Motivation
- R. Baumeister, K. Vohs
- Psychology
- 1 November 2007
Motivation is underappr eciated in self-r egulation theories (as is tr ue in social personality psychology at large). This paper reviews the role of motivation in the context of the strength, or…
The Psychological Consequences of Money
- K. Vohs, N. Mead, Miranda R. Goode
- PsychologyScience
- 17 November 2006
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Spent Resources: Self‐Regulatory Resource Availability Affects Impulse Buying
This research investigated impulse buying as resulting from the depletion of a common-but limited-resource that governs self-control. In three investigations, participants' self-regulatory resources…
The Value of Believing in Free Will
- K. Vohs, J. Schooler
- PsychologyPsychological science
- 1 January 2008
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