Sources: Encyclopedia of Social Problems

ENTRY PREPARED FOR : Encyclopedia of Social Measurement

Thucydides [from Encyclopedia of Social Measurement]

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences

Ego Depletion : Encyclopedia of Social Psychology

The model of ego depletion suggests that individuals have a fixed amount of resource to exert selfcontrol or perform other effortful and willful acts of the self. This resource, called ego strength, is required for any and all self-directed efforts (in particular, selfcontrol and making choices that are relevant to the self). This ego strength is consumed or depleted in the process of self-cont...

The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia