Conservation of resources. A new attempt at conceptualizing stress.
Conservation of resources. A new attempt at conceptualizing stress.
S. Hobfoll
1989 · DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.44.3.513
American Psychologist · 15,076 Citations
TLDR
A new stress model called the model of conservation of resources is presented, based on the supposition that people strive to retain, project, and build resources and that what is threatening to them is the potential or actual loss of these valued resources.