Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-12-2015
Publication Title
International Journal of Psychology
Volume
52
Issue
6
First Page
445
Last Page
452
Abstract
In this study, 2 experiments were conducted to investigate whether motivation and positive affect can alleviate ego depletion and to elucidate their possible mechanisms. In Experiment 1, a crossing-out-letter task was adapted to reach an ego depletion state for Chinese participants. Participants were then randomly assigned to the extrinsic motivation group, the positive affect group or the depletion control group. After the experimental treatment, a dumbbell task was used to measure participants' remaining self-regulatory resources. The results showed that participants in the motivation and positive affect groups performed better on the dumbbell task than participants in the depletion control group. Experiment 2 was similar to Experiment 1 except that participants were asked to perform an additional unexpected dumbbell task after a neutral video following the above procedure. The results of Experiment 1 were replicated; however, participants' performance on the additional dumbbell task differed. The positive affect group performed better than the depletion control group, indicating an increase in self-regulatory resources and thus supporting the replenishment effect of positive affect. No significant difference was found between the motivation group and the depletion control group.
Recommended Citation
Zhu, Z., Li, J., Zhang, B., Li, Y. and Zhang, H. (2017), The effect of motivation and positive affect on ego depletion: Replenishment versus release mechanism. Int J Psychol, 52: 445-452. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12235
Comments
"This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: The effect of motivation and positive affect on ego depletion: Replenishment versus release mechanism. Int J Psychol, 52, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12235. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited."