APS
2026 APS Annual Convention
Staying Engaged? New Insights in the Psychology of Task Persistence
This symposium presents new insights in the psychological factors influencing task persistence from a multi-theory and multimethod perspective. Contributions of four laboratories located in three counties highlight the important roles of personality, boredom, fatigue, and moods in cognitive and physical tasks, providing a holistic understand of what keeps people engaged.
Chairs & Discussants
- Guido GendollaChair
University of Geneva - Guido GendollaChair
University of Geneva
Presentations
- Persistence: Self-Congruent or Not?Nicola Baumann
- Boredom Dynamics Predict Persistence in a Physical Effort TaskKatja Rewitz, Maik Bieleke, Wanja Wolff
- From Depletion to Fatigue: How Persistence—Not Resource Depletion—Underlies Self-Control FailureChristopher Mlynski, Leopold Roth, Veronika Job
- On Volition: Mind Sets, Action Shielding, and PersistenceGuido Gendolla, Johanna Falk, Peter Gollwitzer, Gabriele Oettingen
