The Influence of Motivation on Ego Depletion in College Athletes

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10.2991/iwcss-13.2013.1How to use a DOI?

Keywords

motivation acting; ego-depletion; internal motivation; external reward

Abstract

The negative effects of ego-depletion may cause the reduction of effort and performance of consecutive task, it’s important for college student to develop coping method to counteract ego-depletion and minimize the negative effects. Present research, based on former research, investigate the influence of motivation on ego-depletion via Stroop task, and put forward that internal motivation and external incentive are effective method to cope the unwanted effect of ego-depletion. The results of present research provides another empirical support for ego-depletion, and suggests that internal stimulus and external reward are effective methods to compensate ego-depletion, and inner learning has no compensatory effect on ego- depletion; External reward and external honor both are effective methods to compensate ego- depletion, meanwhile the effect is equal. Results support the reserved energy hypothesis for limited resource theory of self-control.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lihong Sun
PY  - 2013/08
DA  - 2013/08
TI  - The Influence of Motivation on Ego Depletion in College Athletes
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Workshop on Computer Science in Sports
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1
EP  - 4
SN  - 1951-6851
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DO  - 10.2991/iwcss-13.2013.1
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