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This detailed book reviews recent research in the area of self-control depletion, which poses challenges for the dominant strength model and suggests that capacity limitations alone cannot account for observed effects of depletion

Table of Contents

Preface

  Edward R. Hirt

1. Valuation as a mechanism of self-control and ego depletion

  Elliot T. Berkman

2. Decoupling Goal Striving from Resource Depletion by Forming Implementation Intentions

  Frank Wieber and Peter M. Gollwitzer

3. Facilitating and Undermining Energy: Research on Vitality and Depletion from Self-Determination Theory

  Richard M. Ryan

4. Moderators of the Ego Depletion Effect and What They May Tell Us About the Self-Control Resource

  Malte Friese and David D. Loschelder

5. Taming the Impulsive Beast: Understanding the Link Between Self-Regulation and Aggression

  C. Nathan DeWall and David Chester

6. Cognitive Control Perspectives on Depletion and Self-Control

  Michael David Robinson and Ben Wilkowski

7. Linking Diverse Resources for Action Control

  E.J. Masicampo and Michael L. Slepian

8. Self-Control and Motivation: Integration and Application

  Mark Muraven and Benjamin C. Ampel

9. Implicit Theories About Willpower

  Veronika Job

10. Ego Depletion From the Impulse Side of Things

  Brandon Schmeichel

11. Neural Bases of Ego Depletion

  Dylan D. Wagner and Todd Heatherton

12. How Depletion Operates in a Unified Model of Self-Control

  Hiroki Patrick Kotabe and Wilhelm Hofmann

13. What Does Ego Depletion Reveal About Self-Control?

  Jessica Carnevale and Kentaro Fujita

14. Ultimate and Proximate Causes of Ego Depletion

  Zoe Francis and Michael Inzlicht

15. A Strategic Effort-Allocation Perspective on Self-Regulation

  Daniel C. Molden, Chin Ming Hui and Abigail A. Scholer

16. Does Willpower Exist?

  Roy Baumeister

17. On the Relation Between Mental and Physical Self-Regulation

  Patrick Michael Egan

18. Goal Defense Mechanisms in Response to Ego Depletion

  Lile Jia

19. The Truth of Perception: The Consequences of Perceived Mental Fatigue for Self-Control Performance

  Joshua John Clarkson, Otto Ashley and Roseann Hassey

20. Restoration Effects Following Depletion: Adventures in The Uncanny Resilience of Man

  Edward R. Hirt

About the Author

Edward Hirt grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He earned his B.S. from the University of Dayton and completed his PhD at Indiana University, under the mentorship of Steven J. (Jim) Sherman. After positions at Penn State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he returned to Indiana University, where he is now Professor. He has served as Associate Editor of both JPSP and JESP. His research interests include self-regulation, self-protective behavior, social cognition, and judgment/decision making. An avid sports fan, he finds creative ways to work sports into his research and teaching. Dr. Joshua John Clarkson (Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Ph.D. in Marketing) is a consumer psychologist who specializes in the areas of self-control, persuasion, and expertise. His research has been published in various top-tier outlets within the domains of psychology and marketing, and his findings have been featured in media outlets from business magazines and news articles to pop-psychology books and edited academic volumes. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Cincinnati.