為檢驗個體在高、低自我損耗狀態下的誠信行為表現,以及內疚情緒啟動能否緩解自我損耗對誠信行為的負性影響。本研究基于自我控制資源模型理論,通過2個遞進行為實驗進行檢驗。實驗1采用"非優勢手反應"任務操縱被試的自我損耗水平,以被試在隨后的"猜測硬幣正反面"游戲中預測的正確率作為誠信行為的指標,結果發現:相比于低損耗者,高自我損耗者謊報更高的預測正確率。而實驗2在此基礎上,進一步采用"點游戲"任務測量誠信行為,并增設內疚情緒啟動任務,結果不僅證實了實驗1的結果,還發現誘發內疚情緒有助于降低非誠信行為的水平。據此可認為,自我損耗降低了誠信行為,而啟動內疚情緒可緩解這一效應。

In order to examine the performance of honest behavior under the high or low ego depletion and whether guilt emotions can buffer the negative impact of ego depletion on honest behavior, this study was based on the self-control resource model and used two progressive behavioral experiments. In Experiment 1, the "non-dominant hand reaction" task was used to manipulate the level of ego depletion. The prediction accuracy in the "guess coin positive and negative" was used as an indicator of honest behavior. The results showed that subjects under high depletion condition were more likely to lie about their correct rate than were the ones under low depletion. Based on the results of experiment 1, in experiment 2, "point game" task was used to measure the honest behavior and increased a guilt emotion task. The results were consistent with those of experiment 1. Moreover, we found that the dishonest behavior decreased after evoking guilt emotions. Therefore, ego depletion reduced the honest behavior. However, this effect could be buffered after evoking the guilt emotion.