Reactions to Frustration of Adolescents Across Gender

An exploratory research was conducted to find the reaction to frustration of adolescents with the following objective: To assess frustration reactions of adolescents across genders. Sample constituted of 150 adolescents, from which 75 adolescent girls (25 each from upper, middle and lower socio- economic status) and 75 adolescent boys (25 each from upper, middle and lower socio- economic status) were selected through stratified random sampling. Socio economic status of the sample was ascertained using Kappuswamy Socio- Economic Scale (1962) revised by Sharma (2019) and frustration reactions were assessed with the help of Reactions to Frustration scale constructed and validated by Dixit and Srivastava (2005). Frequencies, percentages, standard deviation and ANOVA were used for analysing the data and drawing the inferences.