群际威胁导致自我损耗：自我不确定的中介作用

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Intergroup threat lead to ego depletion： The mediating role of self-uncertainty

ZHOU Zhimin, ZHAO Yufang

Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715

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Abstract Based on The Cohesive Model of Stress and The Uncertainty Management Theory， two studies were conducted to investigate the impact of intergroup threat on ego depletion and the role of self-uncertainty in it. In study 1， we measured intergroup threat， self-uncertainty and ego depletion by questionnaire. We found that intergroup threat were positively correlated with ego depletion， and self-uncertainty played a part of intermediary role between intergroup threat and ego depletion； In study 2， the experimental method was used to manipulate intergroup threat， and the subjective completion scale and objective completion of Stroop task were used to measure ego depletion. It was found that intergroup threat would lead to subjective ego depletion， and self-uncertainty had a partial mediating effect； Symbolic threats could induce objective ego depletion， and self-uncertainty plays a part of mediating role. Research shows that intergroup threat will lead to ego depletion， and self-uncertainty is the intermediary factor between the two variables.

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ZHOU Zhimin,ZHAO Yufang. Intergroup threat lead to ego depletion： The mediating role of self-uncertainty[J]. Psychological Research, 2025, 18(1): 28-36.

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