Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 539-546.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.05.04

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Resistance to Persuasion: The Effects of Ego-depletion on Attitude Change of College Students

QI Xiaodong1, 2, ZHANG Dajun1   

  1. 1. Faculty of Psychology & Center for Mental Health Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. School of Teacher Education, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034
  • Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-09-15

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Abstract: A sample of 87 participants was selected in the present study,and used a 2 (depleted task or non-depleted task) × 2 (strong argument or weak argument) design to explore how ego-depletion effect on attitude change,and explore further the role of cognitive response between ego depletion and attitude change. Participants completed an initial task designed to deplete or not deplete their regulatory resources, then participants read a message supporting a counterattitudinal policy(strong or weak), at last, participants reported their attitude and cognitive responses. Results indicated:(1) ego depletion affected participants' attitude significantly, after ego-depletion,participants more acquiescent. (2) the effect of 2 × 2 interaction was significant, the participants who were non-depleted were able to differentiate between the strong and weak persuasive information; however participants who were depleted showed no distinction in their attitudes. At the same time, the participants who read strong persuasive information showed no distinction in their attitudes whether depleted or not, but the participants who read weak persuasive information showed different significant, the attitude change of students who were depleted was more dramatically. (3) the research showed that depletion didn't impaired the number of cognitions listed by participants' about the policy, while significantly affected thought favorability, depleted participants generated more favorable cognitive responses, mediate analysis showed depletion influenced attitude through thought favorability.

Key words: ego-depletion, attitude, cognitive response, thought favorability

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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