The aim is to explore how cognitive stress appraisals influence behavioral responses to stress and enhance prosocial behavior.
Conducted assessments to measure cognitive stress appraisals.
Evaluated behavioral responses to stress using various tasks.
Analyzed the relationship between perceived intervention effectiveness and prosocial behavior.
Individuals who perceived the cognitive stress appraisals as effective showed higher prosocial behaviors.
Cognitive appraisals significantly modulated behavioral responses to stress.
Abstract
Our findings suggest that cognitive stress appraisals modulate behavioral stress effects, and appraisals can be leveraged to help improve stress-related response and outcomes.