Prior self-control exertion and perceptions of pain during a physically demanding task |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Life Sciences, Coventry University, Cox Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB, United Kingdom;2. School of Sport, Exercise, and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom;1. University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Health Psychology Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Foresterhill, AB25 2ZD, Scotland, UK;2. Columbia University, Psychology Dept., 219 Schermerhorn Ext, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue MC: 5501, New York, NY 10027, USA;3. University of Zurich, Department of Psychology, Applied Social and Health Psychology, Binzmuehlestrasse 14/Box 14, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland;4. Trauma, Health, and Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150, USA;5. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department in Wroclaw, 30b Ostrowskiego St, 53-238 Wroclaw, Poland;1. Brunel University London, UK;2. University of Wolverhampton, UK;3. City College Norwich, UK;1. School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong 2522, NSW, Australia;2. Early Start Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong 2522, NSW, Australia;1. Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada;2. Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Didactics, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic;3. Department of Kinesiology/Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada;4. Department of Sport Games, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic;1. Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom;2. Cardiff School of Sport, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, United Kingdom;3. Cardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, United Kingdom;1. Department of Research Methods and Biopsychology, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany;2. Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesExertion of self-control has been associated with impaired performance on subsequent physical tasks also requiring self-control, but it remains unknown why this occurs. This study, therefore, explored whether a) prior self-control exertion reduces subsequent persistence on a physically demanding task, and b) whether any observed performance decrements could be explained by changes in perceptions of pain.MethodIn a within-subject design, sixty-three individuals completed an easy (congruent) Stroop task or a difficult (incongruent) Stroop task that required self-control. Participants were then required to remain in a physically demanding posture (i.e., a ‘wall-sit’) until voluntary exhaustion and their perception of pain was recorded during the task.ResultsWhen participants completed the difficult Stroop task, they quit the wall-sit sooner. This decrement in performance was explained by greater perceptions of pain at the beginning of the wall-sit.ConclusionsPerceptions of pain may, therefore, be an important attentional mechanism explaining why self-control use interferes with subsequent persistence during physically effortful tasks. |
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| Keywords: | Self-regulation Ego depletion Pain tolerance Physical performance |
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