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Worry Activation Impairs Intelligence Test Performance Only Under Ego Depletion
European Journal of Psychology Open ( IF 1.48 ) Pub Date : 2016-10-01 , DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000179
Chris Englert 1 , Alex Bertrams 1
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Abstract. The detrimental effects of anxiety on cognitive performance have been explained by the activation of worry, which detracts attention away from the task at hand. However, recent research showed that anxiety is related to performance only when self-control capacity is low (i.e., ego depletion). The present work extends these findings by showing that activation of worry interferes with cognitive performance more strongly when self-control capacity is momentarily depleted as compared to intact. After manipulations of self-control capacity and worry activation, 70 undergraduates completed a standardized intelligence test. As expected, activation of worry was associated with poorer performance when self-control capacity was depleted, but had no effect on performance when self-control capacity was intact. The findings indicate that worry may play a causal role in the anxiety–performance relationship, but only when its regulation by self-control is momentarily hindered.

中文翻译:

只有在自我耗竭的情况下,担心激活才会损害智力测试性能

摘要。焦虑对认知能力的不利影响可以通过激活担心来解释,这会分散对手头任务的注意力。然而,最近的研究表明,只有当自我控制能力低下(即自我耗竭)时,焦虑才与表现相关。目前的工作扩展了这些发现,表明与完整的自我控制能力相比,当自我控制能力暂时耗尽时,担心的激活会更强烈地干扰认知表现。经过自我控制能力和焦虑激活的操作,70名大学生完成了标准化的智力测试。正如预期的那样,当自控能力耗尽时,担心的激活与较差的表现有关,但在自控能力完好时对表现没有影响。
更新日期:2016-10-01
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