Acting on Limited Resources: The Interactive Effects of Self-Regulatory Depletion and Individual Differences

Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 243-262

  Dewall, C Nathan ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^b   Schurtz, David R ^a   Gailliot, Matthew T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dieting and self regulation; Limited resource model implications of self regulation for personality; Limited resources acting on self regulatory depletion and individual differences; Multi Source Interference Task (MSIT); Self regulation and limited energy or strength; Self regulation for promoting positive individual and social welfare; Self regulatory depletion effect on people restraining eating behaviors; Social anxiety and passivity; Social norm in sexual behavior relationship length and sexual restraint; Stereotype Suppression restraining thoughts or behaviors prejudiced or endorsing stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053187289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318111.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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