Decision fatigue: A conceptual analysis

Decision fatigue is an applicable concept to healthcare psychology. Due to a lack of conceptual clarity, we present a concept analysis of decision fatigue. A search of the term “decision fatigue” was conducted across seven research databases, which yielded 17 relevant articles. The authors identifie...

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Published inJournal of Health Psychology Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 123 - 135
Main Authors Pignatiello, Grant A, Martin, Richard J, Hickman, Ronald L
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2020
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Behavioral Medicine
Cognition
Cognitive-behavioral factors
Conceptual analysis
Fatigue
Fatigue - psychology
Health Behavior
Health sciences
Humans
Psychology
Self regulation
cognitive processing
health behavior
behavioral medicine
social cognitions
health psychology
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Summary:Decision fatigue is an applicable concept to healthcare psychology. Due to a lack of conceptual clarity, we present a concept analysis of decision fatigue. A search of the term “decision fatigue” was conducted across seven research databases, which yielded 17 relevant articles. The authors identified three antecedent themes (decisional, self-regulatory, and situational) and three attributional themes (behavioral, cognitive, and physiological) of decision fatigue. However, the extant literature failed to adequately describe consequences of decision fatigue. This concept analysis provides needed conceptual clarity for decision fatigue, a concept possessing relevance to nursing and allied health sciences.
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ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/1359105318763510