Recent research of stress emphasizes the role of cognition as well as external events in constructing stress. The present paper suggests that motivation is also important in understanding stress, defining stress as the states of motivation. The presen...
Recent research of stress emphasizes the role of cognition as well as external events in constructing stress. The present paper suggests that motivation is also important in understanding stress, defining stress as the states of motivation. The present paper deals with how motivation and cognition are related each other and play the role in constructing stress. Also inappropriate motivation, inappropriate cognition, and inappropriate cognitive strategies are identified and discussed as the causes of stress.