SynthesisPsychological science2021
A Multisite Preregistered Paradigmatic Test of the Ego-Depletion Effect.
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Authors and funding
128 authors.
Kathleen D VohsDepartment of Marketing, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.ORCID 0000-0001-5858-2603
Brandon J SchmeichelDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University.
Sophie LohmannMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9852-7684
Quentin F GronauDepartment of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam.ORCID 0000-0001-5510-6943
Anna J FinleyCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sarah E AinsworthBehavioral Sciences Department, Tallahassee Community College.
Jessica L AlquistDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University.
Michael D BakerDepartment of Psychology, East Carolina University.
Ambra BriziDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
Angelica BunyiDepartment of Psychology, University of North Florida.
Grant J ButschekDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia.
Collier CampbellDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University.
Jonathan CapaldiDepartment of Psychology, Carleton University.
Chuting CauDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto.
Heather ChambersDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University.
Nikos L D ChatzisarantisSchool of Psychology, Curtin University.
Weston J ChristensenDepartment of Psychology, Brigham Young University-Idaho.
Samuel L ClayDepartment of Psychology, Brigham Young University-Idaho.
Jessica CurtisDepartment of Psychology & Counseling, Arkansas State University.
Valeria De CristofaroDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
Kareena Del RosarioDepartment of Psychology, New York University.
Katharina DielFaculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum.
Yasemin DoğruolDepartment of Psychology, Northwestern University.
Megan DoiDepartment of Marketing, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.
Tina L DonaldsonDepartment of Psychology, University at Albany.
Andreas B EderDepartment of Psychology, University of Würzburg.
Mia ErsoffDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University.
Julie R EyinkDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University.
Angelica FalkensteinDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Riverside.
Bob M FennisDepartment of Marketing, University of Groningen.
Matthew B FindleyPsychology Department, Austin College.
Eli J FinkelDepartment of Psychology, Northwestern University.
Victoria ForgeaDepartment of Psychology, Georgia Southern University.
Malte FrieseDepartment of Psychology, Saarland University.
Paul FuglestadDepartment of Psychology, University of North Florida.
Natasha E Garcia-WillinghamDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky.
Lea F GeraedtsDepartment of Psychology, University of Würzburg.
Will M GervaisCentre for Culture and Evolution, Psychology, Brunel University London.
Mauro GiacomantonioDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
Bryan GibsonPsychology Department, Central Michigan University.
Karolin GieselerDepartment of Psychology, Saarland University.
Justina GineikieneDepartment of Marketing, ISM University of Management and Economics.
Elana M GlogerDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky.
Carina M GobesDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University.
Maria GrandeDepartment of Psychology, University of Cologne.
Martin S HaggerPsychological Sciences, University of California, Merced.
Bethany HartsellDepartment of Psychology, University of North Florida.
Anthony D HermannPsychology Department, Bradley University.
Jasper J HiddingDepartment of Marketing, University of Groningen.
Edward R HirtDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University.
Josh HodgeSchool of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Wilhelm HofmannFaculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum.
Jennifer L HowellPsychological Sciences, University of California, Merced.
Robert D HuttonPsychology Department, Bradley University.
Michael InzlichtDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto.
Lily JamesLondon College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.
Emily JohnsonDepartment of Psychology & Counseling, Arkansas State University.
Hannah L JohnsonDepartment of Psychology, Brigham Young University-Idaho.
Sarah M JoyceDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University.
Yannick JoyeDepartment of Management, ISM University of Management and Economics.
Jan Helge KabenDepartment of Psychology, Saarland University.
Lara K KammrathDepartment of Psychology, Wake Forest University.
Caitlin N KellyDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University.
Brian L KissellPsychology Department, Central Michigan University.
Sander L KooleDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Anand KrishnaDepartment of Psychology, University of Würzburg.
Christine LamDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Riverside.
Kelemen T LeePsychology Department, Bradley University.
Nick LeeSchool of Psychology, Curtin University.
Dana C LeightonCollege of Arts, Sciences, and Education, Texas A&M University, Texarkana.
David D LoschelderInstitute of Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg.
Heather M MarangesDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University.
E J MasicampoDepartment of Psychology, Wake Forest University.
Kennedy MazaraPsychology Department, Austin College.
Samantha McCarthyDepartment of Psychology, University at Albany.
Ian McGregorDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo.
Nicole L MeadSchulich School of Business, York University.
Wendy B MendesDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.
Carine MeslotSchool of Psychology, Curtin University.
Nicholas M MichalakDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan.
Marina MilyavskayaDepartment of Psychology, Carleton University.
Akira MiyakeDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder.
Mehrad Moeini-JazaniDepartment of Marketing, University of Groningen.
Mark MuravenDepartment of Psychology, University at Albany.
Erin NakaharaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.
Krishna PatelDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto.
John V PetrocelliDepartment of Psychology, Wake Forest University.
Katja M PollakInstitute of Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg.
Mindi M PriceDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University.
Haley J RamseyDepartment of Psychology, Western Kentucky University.
Maximilian RathInstitute of Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg.
Jacob A RobertsonDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder.
Rachael RockwellPsychology Department, Ohio University.
Isabella F RussDepartment of Psychology, University of Würzburg.
Marco SalvatiDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
Blair SaundersSchool of Social Sciences, University of Dundee.
Anne SchererDepartment of Psychology, Wake Forest University.
Astrid SchützDepartment of Psychology, University of Bamberg.
Kristin N SchmittDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder.
Suzanne C SegerstromDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky.
Benjamin SerenkaDepartment of Psychology, University at Albany.
Konstantyn SharpinskyiDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo.
Meaghan ShawDepartment of Psychology, Carleton University.
Janelle ShermanDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University.
Yu SongDepartment of Psychology, Wake Forest University.
Nicholas SosaPsychology Department, Ohio University.
Kaitlyn SpillaneDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Riverside.
Julia StapelsDepartment of Psychology, University of Cologne.
Alec J StinnettDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University.
Hannah R StrawserDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University.
Kate SweenyDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Riverside.
Dominic TheodorePsychology Department, Ohio University.
Karine TonnuDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University.
Yasmijn van OldenbeuvingDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Michelle R vanDellenDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia.
Raiza C VergaraDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University.
Jasmine S WalkerDepartment of Psychology, East Carolina University.
Christian E WaughDepartment of Psychology, Wake Forest University.
Feline WeiseDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Kaitlyn M WernerDepartment of Psychology, Carleton University.
Craig WheelerDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo.
Rachel A WhiteDepartment of Psychology, East Carolina University.
Aaron L WichmanDepartment of Psychology, Western Kentucky University.
Bradford J WigginsDepartment of Psychology, Brigham Young University-Idaho.
Julian A WillsDepartment of Psychology, New York University.
Janie H WilsonDepartment of Psychology, Georgia Southern University.
Eric-Jan WagenmakersDepartment of Psychology, University of Amsterdam.ORCID 0000-0003-1596-1034
Dolores AlbarracínDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Funding
Digital, Community-Led, Social Action Initiative to Reduce Opioid Vulnerability and HIV/HCV in Rural Areas of the Midwest and AppalachiaDP1DA048570 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2019 to 2023
$4.0MMining Social Media Messages for HIV Testing and Prevention CommunicationR01MH114847 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2018 to 2022
$2.9MDevelopment and validation of regional models of HIV vulnerabilities and solutionsR01AI147487 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2019 to 2022
$2.4MEfficacy and Effectiveness of Multi-Behavior Interventions Relevant to HIVR01MH094241 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2012 to 2016
$2.2MBehavior Change Theory to HIV PreventionK02MH075616 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2005 to 2009
$641kNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147487NIDA NIH HHS DP1 DA048570NIMH NIH HHS K02 MH075616NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH094241NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH114847
Abstract
We conducted a preregistered multilaboratory project (
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