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Self-Regulation Effectiveness: The Role of Cooperation/Competition and the Nature of Task Setting

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2010, v.24 no.2, pp.185-201
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2010.24.2.011


& (2010). Self-Regulation Effectiveness: The Role of Cooperation/Competition and the Nature of Task Setting. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 24(2), 185-201, https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2010.24.2.011

Abstract

The present study investigated how cooperation or competition in a mixed-motive setting affects subsequent self-regulatory performance of individuals. In so doing, the authors predicted that an individual's choice behavior in a previous mixed-motive setting (cooperation vs. competition) would have an impact upon his/her subsequent self-regulatory performance depending on the nature of the subsequent task setting. They also predicted that the presumed interaction effect would be moderated by individuals' social value orientation. Participants first performed the Ultimatum Game during which they repeatedly cooperated or competed. Participants were then given a second regulatory task which was presented as either a group task or an individual task. The main dependent variable was the level of performance on the second regulatory task. Results revealed a 3-way interaction effect. Specifically, cooperators who had competed during the Ultimatum Game performed better in the group task condition than in the individual task condition. They also reported higher levels of psychological discomfort associated with their competitive behavior in the Ultimatum Game. Interestingly, cooperators who had cooperated during the ultimatum game performed better in the individual task condition than in the group task condition. In contrast, competitors who had cooperated during the Ultimatum Game showed poor performance regardless of the nature of the second task. In addition, they performed poorly in the group task condition compared to the individual task condition. These results were discussed in light of ego-depletion in self-regulatory behavior. Implications of the study and suggestions for future direction are also discussed.

keywords
self-regulation, ego-depletion, mixed-motive, social value orientation, regulatory task setting, 자기-조절, 자기-고갈, 혼합동기 상황, 사회적 가치지향성, 조절과제 수행상황

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