<p>Although a lot of research (Muraven, 1998) has indicated the ego depletion of self-control, a recent paper (Xu, 2014) claims that they fail to replicate the depletion effect: impaired performance in subsequent tasks. 
So, is the depletion effect of self-control reliable?</p>

<h3>References</h3>

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<li>Muraven, M., Tice, D. M., &amp; Baumeister, R. F. (1998). Self-control as a limited resource: Regulatory depletion patterns. Journal of personality and social psychology, 74(3), 774. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.74.3.774">http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.74.3.774</a></li>
<li>Xu, X., Demos, K. E., Leahey, T. M., Hart, C. N., Trautvetter, J., Coward, P., ... &amp; Wing, R. R. (2014). Failure to Replicate Depletion of Self-Control. PloS one, 9(10), e109950. <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109950">http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109950</a></li>
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More up to date information can often be found on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion#Reproducibility_controversy_and_conflicting_meta_analyses): Newer meta-analyses failed to find a strong effect of ego depletion.
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Is the depletion effect of self-control reliable?
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# Is the depletion effect of self-control reliable?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-04)

Although a lot of research (Muraven, 1998) has indicated the ego depletion of self-control, a recent paper (Xu, 2014) claims that they fail to replicate the depletion effect: impaired performance in subsequent tasks.
So, is the depletion effect of self-control reliable?

### References

* Muraven, M., Tice, D. M., & Baumeister, R. F. (1998). Self-control as a limited resource: Regulatory depletion patterns. Journal of personality and social psychology, 74(3), 774. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.74.3.774>
* Xu, X., Demos, K. E., Leahey, T. M., Hart, C. N., Trautvetter, J., Coward, P., ... & Wing, R. R. (2014). Failure to Replicate Depletion of Self-Control. PloS one, 9(10), e109950. <http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109950>

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: More up to date information can often be found on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion#Reproducibility_controversy_and_conflicting_meta_analyses): Newer meta-analyses failed to find a strong effect of ego depletion.  

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