On finding the source of human energy: The influence of famous quotations on willpower
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Alcoba, Jesús
López, Laura
Abstract / Description
Positive psychology focuses on aspects that human beings can improve, thereby enhancing their growth and happiness. One of these aspects is willpower, a quality that has been demonstrated to have various benefits on people, as widely shown in the literature. As a result, a growing body of research is attempting to establish the conditions under which an individual’s willpower can be increased. This work attempts to confirm whether the famous quotations that people often use to inspire or motivate themselves can have a real effect on willpower. Two experiments were conducted assigning randomly subjects to a group and priming them with famous quotations, and afterwards comparing their performance in a willpower task with a control group. The second experiment added a willpower depletion task before priming. As a result, primed subjects endured the willpower task significantly more time than control group, demonstrating that famous quotations related to willpower help to increase this capacity and to counteract the effect of willpower depletion.
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positive psychology self-control willpower famous quotationsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2017-11-30
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
13
Issue
4
Page numbers
708–716
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
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Review status
peerReviewed
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Alcoba, J., & López, L. (2017). On finding the source of human energy: The influence of famous quotations on willpower. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 708–716. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1372
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Alcoba, Jesús
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Author(s) / Creator(s)López, Laura
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Date of first publication2017-11-30
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Abstract / DescriptionPositive psychology focuses on aspects that human beings can improve, thereby enhancing their growth and happiness. One of these aspects is willpower, a quality that has been demonstrated to have various benefits on people, as widely shown in the literature. As a result, a growing body of research is attempting to establish the conditions under which an individual’s willpower can be increased. This work attempts to confirm whether the famous quotations that people often use to inspire or motivate themselves can have a real effect on willpower. Two experiments were conducted assigning randomly subjects to a group and priming them with famous quotations, and afterwards comparing their performance in a willpower task with a control group. The second experiment added a willpower depletion task before priming. As a result, primed subjects endured the willpower task significantly more time than control group, demonstrating that famous quotations related to willpower help to increase this capacity and to counteract the effect of willpower depletion.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationAlcoba, J., & López, L. (2017). On finding the source of human energy: The influence of famous quotations on willpower. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 708–716. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1372
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1073
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1265
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1372
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Keyword(s)positive psychologyen_US
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Keyword(s)self-controlen_US
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Keyword(s)willpoweren_US
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Keyword(s)famous quotationsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleOn finding the source of human energy: The influence of famous quotations on willpoweren_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue4
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers708–716
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Volume13
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