%0 Journal Article
%T Is Ego Depletion Real? An Analysis of Arguments
%A David D. Loschelder
%A Julius Frankenbach
%A Karolin Gieseler
%A Malte Friese
%A Michael Inzlicht
%J Personality and Social Psychology Review
%@ 1532-7957
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1088868318762183
%X 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 evidence, some researchers have suggested that evidence for ego depletion was the sole result of publication bias and p-hacking, with the true effect being indistinguishable from zero. Here, we examine (a) whether the evidence brought forward against ego depletion will convince a proponent that ego depletion does not exist and (b) whether arguments that could be brought forward in defense of ego depletion will convince a skeptic that ego depletion does exist. We conclude that despite several hundred published studies, the available evidence is inconclusive. Both additional empirical and theoretical works are needed to make a compelling case for either side of the debate. We discuss necessary steps for future work toward this aim
%K ego depletion
%K self-control
%K self-regulation
%K replicability crisis
%K p-hacking
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1088868318762183