The Effects of Ego Threat and Self-Esteem Boost on Overall Self-Control Ability.

<p>Self-control enables people to make decisions that can promote overall well-being. Such decisions include refraining from overeating or the decision to motivate individuals to persevere when faced with difficulties. The purpose of this study was to determine if not requiring the expenditure of self-control and boosting self-esteem would enable participants to persist longer at a task designed to measure self-control than participants who were required to expend self-control and received an ego threat. No significant main effects were found for self-control manipulations, <em>F</em> (1, 223) = .54, <em>p</em> = .46, or for self-esteem manipulations, <em>F</em> (1, 223) = .01, <em>p</em> = .91. No significant interaction effects were found. <em>F</em>(3, 219) = .785, <em>p</em> =.503.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Williamson, Jessica Rose

• ego-depletion
• self-esteem boost
• ego threat
• self-control
• self-esteem
• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Social Psychology

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1268

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2459