title: A cognitive-affective approach to understanding individual differences in stress propensity and resultant strain.
abstract: The cognitive-affective model of the stress response provides a framework for making inferences about individual differences in stress propensity and levels of resultant strain. A new cognitive-affective conceptualization provides a means of analyzing mediating processes affecting psychological and physiological reactions to stressors. The model also facilitates examination and understanding of a latent cognitive-affective stress propensity construct that moderates the relationships between stressors and strain. Propositions are presented with the intention of stimulating further research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, University of Texas at Arlington 76019, USA. wofford@uta.edu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wofford
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D001143:Arousal; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011340:Problem Solving; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*