Too fatigued to care: Ego depletion, guilt, and prosocial behavior

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1183-1186

  Xu, Hanyi ^a   Bègue, Laurent ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Embodiment; Guilt; Helping; Prosocial behavior; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863323821     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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