Challenge demands, becausethey tend

Challenge demands, becausethey tend to be appraised as having the potential to promotepersonal growth or gains, tend to trigger positive emotions (e.g.,eagerness, excitement, exhilaration) and an active or problemsolving style of coping (e.g., strategizing, increases in effort).Individuals should be more willing to invest themselves in response to challenging demands because they are likely to feel moreconfident and secure that expending their effort will allow them tosuccessfully meet these demands, and they are likely to see theopportunity for growth or gain achieved by meeting them asmeaningful and desirable (Kahn, 1990; Lazarus & Folkman,1984). As an example, people with a high level of job responsibility are likely to feel that they can successfully meet this demandby working very hard and that by doing so they will experience asense of personal accomplishment and perhaps receive formalrecognition.