Not If, but When Do We Show Bigotry? Study of the Interaction between Emotional Resource Depletion and Egalitarianism with Expressions of Bigotry

Individuals self-regulate to overcome the impulse to use stereotypes as cognitive heuristics when processing social information. However, our capacity for effective self-regulation is limited. This study explores ego depletion from the perspective of emotion regulation, and demonstrates that expressions of bigotry are influenced by emotion regulation, egalitarianism and gender.