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social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > action control > ego depletion

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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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