Mark Muraven

Mark Muraven serves as a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, with his office located in Social Sciences 399 and contactable via muraven@albany.edu.

His research centers on self-control and self-regulation mechanisms, particularly examining ego-depletion effects and interventions to enhance self-control through practice, goal reframing, and environmental restructuring. He investigates how individuals set and pursue personal goals, factors leading to self-control failures, and the resolution of conflicts between desirable goals—which may drive personal growth and the emergence of complex long-term objectives from simpler immediate aims. Additional work explores motivational processes and theories of emotions, emphasizing emotion regulation's role in behavioral direction.