NDLI: Don’t interrupt me! Task interruption depletes the self’s limited resources

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Freeman, Nicholas Muraven, Mark
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	It is a common occurrence in daily life to be interrupted prior to completing a task. Such interruptions may have deleterious effects for limited self-resources, especially if they occur just prior to task completion. This hypothesis was tested in three experiments. In the first two, participants initially engaged in a card sorting task, and then subsequently performed a self-control task. In Experiment 3, participants first engaged in a word search task and then worked on an executive function task. In all instances, participants who were interrupted just prior to attaining their goal of completing the initial task, but not those who were stopped earlier in the task or who were allowed to finish, showed evidence of impairment on the subsequent measures. The findings suggest that the desire to pursue a goal increases as goal attainment draws nearer, and that the amount of self-control needed to stop working on a task is modified by situational variables such as goal distance.
Starting Page	230
Ending Page	241
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01467239
Journal	Motivation and Emotion
Volume Number	34
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15736644
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2010-06-02
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Self-control Goals Depletion Momentum Motivation Clinical Psychology Personality and Social Psychology Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Social Psychology

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