Violence restrained: Effects of self-regulation and its depletion on aggression

DeWall, C. Nathan; Baumeister, Roy F.; Stillman, Tyler F.; Gailliot, Matthew T.

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2005.12.005

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“…We provided evidence that ego depletion results in earlier displays of aggressive behaviors in police officers. This finding adds to the growing body of evidence, which suggests that ego depletion affects aggressive behavior (Barlett et al 2016;DeWall et al 2007;Stucke and Baumeister 2006;Vohs et al 2011). However, the current study is the first one that provides evidence that ego depletion decreases the time until physical forms of aggression occur after provoking behavior.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…The results also showed that sleep deprivation had no effect on the aggressive responses. Confirming the results of Stucke and Baumeister (2006), DeWall et al (2007) demonstrated that aggression was highest when participants were provoked and ego-depleted. However, if participants were not insulted and the urge to aggress was relatively weak, ego depletion did not increase aggressive behavior.…”

Section: Self-control and Aggressionsupporting

confidence: 59%

“…It was shown, for instance, that controlling the temptation to eat reduced the ability to regulate aggressive behavior when responding to negative comments by an experimenter (Stucke and Baumeister 2006). Furthermore, a study found that ego depletion resulted in increased aggressive responding after being provoked with insults (DeWall et al 2007). In addition, Finkel et al (2009) found that within a sample of intimate partners, ego-depleted participants were more violent in response to partner provocations than non-depleted participants.…”

Section: Self-control and Ego Depletionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With regards to aggressive behavior, there are only a few studies that have tested the effect of ego depletion on aggression (Barlett et al 2016;DeWall et al 2007;Stucke and Baumeister 2006;Vohs et al 2011). For example, Stucke and Baumeister (2006) showed that participants were required to resist tempting food or to concentrate on a boring film, while stifling their physical and facial movements (depletion condition).…”

Section: Self-control and Aggressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Do they Aggress Earlier? Investigating the Effects of Ego Depletion on Police Officers’ Use of Force Behavior

Staller

Christiansen

Zaiser

et al. 2017

J Police Crim Psych

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Endowed with the state monopoly on the legitimate use of even potentially lethal force, it is intolerable for police officers to act outside the governing legal and ethical framework. At the same time, officers are expected to exert self-control and refrain from excessive use of force when they deal with provocative and perilous situations. This study sought to investigate corresponding selfcontrol and self-control failures through the role of ego depletion in the decision to use force by police officers. Two experiments were conducted using officers from a German State Police force, requiring the participants to use force against a provocative role player. Experiment 1 found that the ego depletion measure failed and there were no differences between the groups. Using a different ego depletion method, experiment 2 found that ego-depleted participants aggressed earlier than controls. These results indicate that circumstances that produce ego depletion could lead to the inappropriate use of force through reducing self-control. This has major implications for the police use of force and how we understand police officers' decision-making in response to provocation.

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confidence: 61%

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Section: Self-control and Ego Depletionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Self-control and Aggressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Do they Aggress Earlier? Investigating the Effects of Ego Depletion on Police Officers’ Use of Force Behavior

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Christiansen

Zaiser

et al. 2017

J Police Crim Psych

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“…When self-control is depleted, people behave more dishonestly, provide less help to others, and become worse at restraining aggressive and the other personal urges (e.g., DeWall, Baumeister, Gailliot, & Maner, 2008;DeWall, Baumeister, Stillman, & Gailliot, 2007;Gailliot & Baumeister, 2007;Mead, Baumeister, Gino, Schweitzer, & Ariely, 2009), as compared to when their self-regulatory resources are intact. Our findings fit the view that self-control facilitates trust by allowing people to override tendencies to avoid social risk inherent in trusting behavior.…”

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Ego Depletion Decreases Trust in Economic Decision Making

Ainsworth¹,

Baumeister²,

Ariely³

et al. 2012

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Three experiments tested the effects of ego depletion on economic decision making. Participants completed a task either requiring self-control or not. Then participants learned about the trust game, in which senders are given an initial allocation of $10 to split between themselves and another person, the receiver. The receiver receives triple the amount given and can send any, all, or none of the tripled money back to the sender. Participants were assigned the role of the sender and decided how to split the initial allocation. Giving less money, and therefore not trusting the receiver, is the safe, less risky response. Participants who had exerted self-control and were depleted gave the receiver less money than those in the non-depletion condition (Experiment 1). This effect was replicated and moderated in two additional experiments. Depletion again led to lower amounts given (less trust), but primarily among participants who were told they would never meet the receiver (Experiment 2) or who were given no information about how similar they were to the receiver (Experiment 3). Amounts given did not differ for depleted and non-depleted participants who either expected to meet the receiver (Experiment 2) or were led to believe that they were very similar to the receiver (Experiment 3). Decreased trust among depleted participants was strongest among neurotics. These results imply that self-control facilitates behavioral trust, especially when no other cues signal decreased social risk in trusting, such as if an actual or possible relationship with the receiver were suggested.

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Aggression

Bushman¹,

Huesmann²

2010

Handbook of Social Psychology

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Violence restrained: Effects of self-regulation and its depletion on aggression

Cited by 574 publications

References 49 publications

Do they Aggress Earlier? Investigating the Effects of Ego Depletion on Police Officers’ Use of Force Behavior

Do they Aggress Earlier? Investigating the Effects of Ego Depletion on Police Officers’ Use of Force Behavior

Ego Depletion Decreases Trust in Economic Decision Making

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