process whereby “exerting self-control on one task drains the capacity for self-control and impairs performance on subsequent tasks requiring this same resource” (Inzlicht et al., 2006). It has been hypothesized that stigmatized individuals use and deplete self-control in order to manage their devalued social identity (Inzlicht et al., 2006), which requires a flexible use of emotion regulation strategies in the short term. Over time, however, the effort required may eventually diminish individuals’ resources and therefore their ability to understand and adaptively regulate their emotions, leaving them more vulnerable to depression and anxiety.
