<p>Muraven and Baumeister (2000) proposed that self-control is a limited resource akin to strength or a muscle, to deplete this limited resource leads to subsequent self-regulatory failure. Ego depletion, the temporary depletion of self-regulatory capacity by an initial act of self-control, has a significant effect in decreasing performance in self-control tasks (Hagger et.al, 2010). </p>

<p>I would like to know the methods to induce ego depletion, so far I only come across studies using emotional videos and thought suppression (Baumeister et.al., 2003) to achieve this cognitive process.</p>

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<li>Baumeister, R. F. (2003). Ego depletion and self‐regulation failure: A resource model of self‐control. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(2), 281-284. 
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000060879.61384.A4</li>
<li>Hagger, M. S., Wood, C., Stiff, C., &amp; Chatzisarantis, N. L. (2010). Ego depletion and the strength model of self-control: a meta-analysis. Psychological bulletin, 136(4), 495. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0019486">http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0019486</a></li>
<li>Muraven, M., &amp; Baumeister, R. F. (2000). Self-regulation and depletion of limited resources: Does self-control resemble a muscle?. Psychological bulletin, 126(2), 247. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.126.2.247">http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.126.2.247</a></li>
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Note that Hagger et al (2010)'s meta-analysis has since been [discredited](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion#Reproducibility_controversy_and_conflicting_meta_analyses), and newer meta-analyses failed to find a strong effect of ego depletion.
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What are other methods to induce ego depletion besides using emotional videos and thought suppression?
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# What are other methods to induce ego depletion besides using emotional videos and thought suppression?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-25)

Muraven and Baumeister (2000) proposed that self-control is a limited resource akin to strength or a muscle, to deplete this limited resource leads to subsequent self-regulatory failure. Ego depletion, the temporary depletion of self-regulatory capacity by an initial act of self-control, has a significant effect in decreasing performance in self-control tasks (Hagger et.al, 2010).

I would like to know the methods to induce ego depletion, so far I only come across studies using emotional videos and thought suppression (Baumeister et.al., 2003) to achieve this cognitive process.

1. Baumeister, R. F. (2003). Ego depletion and self‐regulation failure: A resource model of self‐control. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(2), 281-284.
   DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000060879.61384.A4
2. Hagger, M. S., Wood, C., Stiff, C., & Chatzisarantis, N. L. (2010). Ego depletion and the strength model of self-control: a meta-analysis. Psychological bulletin, 136(4), 495. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0019486>
3. Muraven, M., & Baumeister, R. F. (2000). Self-regulation and depletion of limited resources: Does self-control resemble a muscle?. Psychological bulletin, 126(2), 247. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.126.2.247>

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, motivation, cognitive-modeling, ego-depletion, self-control

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Note that Hagger et al (2010)'s meta-analysis has since been [discredited](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion#Reproducibility_controversy_and_conflicting_meta_analyses), and newer meta-analyses failed to find a strong effect of ego depletion.  

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