• DOI:10.1111/1467-9280.00250
Corpus ID: 18307595

Self-Regulatory Failure: A Resource-Depletion Approach

@article{Vohs2000SelfRegulatoryFA,
  title={Self-Regulatory Failure: A Resource-Depletion Approach},
  author={K. Vohs and T. Heatherton},
  journal={Psychological Science},
  year={2000},
  volume={11},
  pages={249 - 254}
}

K. Vohs, T. Heatherton

Published 2000

Psychology, Medicine

Psychological Science

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-regulatory demand. Subsequently, participants' ability to self-regulate was measured. Two studies manipulated self-regulatory demand by exposing participants to good-tasting snack foods, whereas a third study required participants to control their emotional expressions. As hypothesized, exerting self… CONTINUE READING

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