Concept information
Preferred term
ego depletion
Definition
- Definition Ego depletion refers to the loss of a personal resource (and associated breakdown in performance) due to the previous exertion of self-control or other effortful and willful acts of the self. Ego depletion may be especially important in understanding why self-control fails and what the processes are that underlie self-control. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Ego Depletion]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/ego_depletion
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