Depleted egos and affirmed selves: The two faces of customization

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2273-2280

  Kang, Hyunjin ^a   Shyam Sundar, S ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Identity; Psychology of customization; Self affirmation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EXERCISE; COMPETING EFFECTS; EGO DEPLETION; IDENTITY; MEDIA INTERFACE; MEDIA TECHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY OF CUSTOMIZATION; SELF-AFFIRMATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84878852038     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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