An influential line of research suggests that initial bouts of self-control increase the
susceptibility to self-control failure (ego depletion effect). Despite seemingly abundant …

The ways that people set, pursue, and eventually succeed or fail in accomplishing their
goals are central issues for consulting psychology. Goals and behavior change have long …

In this position paper, I argue that the main purpose of research is to discover and report on
phenomena in a truthful manner. Once uncovered, these phenomena can have important …

Although all 3 of the Dark Triad members are predisposed to engage in exploitative
interpersonal behavior, their motivations and tactics vary. Here we explore their distinctive …

Research on authentic leadership has yielded important insights about its effects on
subordinates. However, its consequences for the leaders themselves remain largely …

At the center of social psychology just a few years ago, ego depletion is now widely seen as
a controversial topic, one of the chief victims of the replication crisis. Despite over 600 …

Two independent lines of research propose that exertion of mental effort can impair
subsequent performance due to ego depletion or mental fatigue. In this meta-analysis, we …

One important line of self-control research concerns the phenomenon known as ego-
depletion, the negative effect of performing a self-control task (Task 1) on performance on a …

Self-control does not always work effectively. Whether this reflects the depletion of a global
self-control resource is subject to an ongoing debate. We turned to boredom as a potential …

Recently, environmental researchers have been urged to widen the theoretical scope and
integrate other behavioral moderators to better understand and bridge the frequently …