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The research literature on stress in general and burnout in particular would be relevant. The stress literature is massive and there are studies that have a particular focus on students.
For example Jacobs and Dodd did a study on college student burnout:
Measures of social support (Multidimen- sional Scale of Perceived
Social Support), personality ...
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This is only one possible pathway. There are many potential ones. Further the fact that this is possible does not mean that it is the case always.
Stress activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. For example, a meta-analysis by Dickerson et al. (2004) demonstrated that an acute laboratory based stressor reliably increased cortisol levels, ...
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Decision-making or decision theory is its own subdiscipline under cognitive science (also often studied by statisticians, philosophers, economists, and faculty in business schools). Within this discipline, understanding how stress affects your behavior is very important and not understudied area. For a recent survey with a neurobiological focus, see:
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Personality is generally theorised to be a stable individual difference variable. Research has shown it to be highly stable over time. Thus, from a theoretical perspective it typically has a primacy in causal models.
Stress can be an ambiguous construct. It can refer to the objective existence of stressful stimuli or the way that individuals perceive ...
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You've actually stated 2 questions in one. The second one is answered by Jeromy, the burnout or burnout-like states are the consequence of any overworking. I would also add the health problems, but those are not particularly on topic.
When it comes to the reasons, the learning can become the addiction, as most of the things you do. It can become obsession. ...
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