*Consultant Psychologist, Hear Plus Audiology Clinic and Hearing Aid Centre, Sukapuram, Malappuram, Kerala
**Guest Faculty, Department of Psychology, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Ernakulam District, Kerala
Online published on 12 July, 2019.
Frustration arises when ones motivation to achieve a desired goal is blocked. The reactions to frustrations also known as defence mechanisms in which they try to defend individuals from the psychological effect of a blocked goal. It has a direct influence on the children at adolescent period especially for those studying for physical training and arts. The present study focuses on how the physical education students and arts students react to any frustrating situations in their daily life. The subjects were 100 physical education students and 100 arts students taken from Ernakulam district and Trichur district of Kerala state. The tool used in the present study was Reactions to Frustration Scale developed by Dr. B.M. Dixit and Dr. D.N. Srivastava (2005). The analysis was done in SPSS and t-test was the main statistical analysis employed. The results showed that reactions to frustration were higher for physical education students than the arts students.
Frustration, Physical education, Arts
