INTRODUCTION:

Frustration is a common emotional response to opposition, anger, annoyance and disappointment. Frustration arises from the perceived resistance to the fulfillment of an individual's will or goal and is likely to increase when a will or goal is denied or blocked. There are two types of frustration; internal and external. Internal frustration may arise from challenges in fulfilling personal goals, desires, instinctual drives and needs, or dealing with perceived deficiencies, such as a lack of confidence or fear of social situations. Conflict, such as when one has competing goals that interfere with one another, can also be an internal source of frustration and can create cognitive dissonance. External causes of frustration involve conditions outside an individual's control, such as a physical roadblock, a difficult task, or the perception of wasting time. There are multiple ways individuals cope with frustration such as passive-aggressive behavior, anger, or violence, although frustration may also propel positive processes via enhanced effort and strive. This broad range of potential outcomes makes it difficult to identify the original cause of frustration, as the responses may be indirect.1 Family is the single most important factor which has influence in a child's life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child's first relationships. They are a child's first teachers and act as role models in how to act and how to experience the world around them. By nurturing and teaching children during their early years, families play an important role in making sure children are ready to learn when they enter school. Children thrive when parents are able to actively promote their positive 2 growths and development. Every parent knows that it's sometimes difficult to do this important work without help, support, and additional resources. 2 Family climates is defined as the positive or negative state of well-being resulting from the set of interaction patterns that occur among people in a family, such as the types of comments on grades or behavior, aids, limits, penalties, etc. Family is a shelter for every civil in the world, each family environment has influence on their members. Family consists of many factors such as culture, facility of the family and standard of living in family. The growth and development of each person is dependent on family. In teaching learning phenomena, family circumstances are determining the learning abilities of the child and it leads their academic performance in different stages.¹

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:

A study to assess the correlation between frustration and family climate among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam

OBJECTIVES:

The Objectives of the study were:

· To assess the frustration among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam.

· To assess the family climate among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam.

· To assess the correlation between frustration and family climate among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam.

· To find out the association between frustration and selected demographic variables among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam.

· To find out the association between family climate and selected demographic variables among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE:

· Literature related to family climate of students:

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of family climate and parental encouragement on academic achievement of school going adolescents. 100 girls and 100 boys from school going adolescents in the VII and IX standard were selected by purposive sampling method from Akola city in Maharashtra state. The family climate questionnaire and parental encouragement scale were used for data collection. Data were analyzed by correlation method and descriptive method result showed that there is positive relationship between family climate and academic achievement. Thus highly satisfactory the family climate, higher is the academic achievement of adolescents. Positive insignificant correlation was observed between parental encouragement and academic achievement of girl adolescents. Negative and significant correlation was observed between parental encouragement and academic achievement of adolescent boys i.e. as the parental encouragement increases, academic achievement decreases.¹⁶

· Literature related to frustration among students:

A study was conducted to identify on identifying the reactions, feelings and causes of frustration among university students of Pakistan. Frustrating situations occur recurrently throughout the life. Nevertheless, it must not be allowed to achieve the upper hand. The sample of the study has comprised of 120 individuals including boys (n=78) and girls (n=42) from different universities of Lahore city. A questionnaire has designed as a data collection instrument which included close-ended questions. Reliability of Scale was 0.855, so scale can be considered as trustworthy. Chi-Square test has applied to verify demographics association with research questions. Results shows that greater academic demands from parents and losing or death of love ones are chief cause of frustration among students. Moreover, there are many feelings of frustration that had observed. Enduring depressed mood, crying spells, loss of interest or pleasure, decrease in aptitude level, feeling fatigue and feeling of anger or vengeance are dominant feelings among students during frustration. Furthermore, as a reaction to frustration mostly students face difficulty in making right decisions. Departing from friends and family has also examined in students as a reaction to frustration. Additionally, overall results about duration of frustration among university students have detected that most of the students face frustration for less than one month.²⁵

· Literature related to the relationship between frustration and family climate:

A study was done to find the relationship between frustration tolerance and family environment and to compare the level of senior secondary school students on both the variables. 100 senior secondary students (50 Girls and 50 boys) have been taken as a sample from Rewari district. The result shows that girls are having high (50%) frustration tolerance level compared to boys (40%). In case of moderate frustration level boys are having more frustration tolerance level (40%) compared to girls (30%). There is equal low frustration tolerance level (20%) among boys and girls of senior secondary schools.³³

MATERIAL AND METHODS:

Research approach:

Quantitative research approach was adopted for the study.

Research design:

Correlational research design

Sampling technique:

Convenient sampling technique was used for this study.

Sample:

The sample selected for this study consisted of 100 undergraduate students of S N Women’s College, Kollam.

Tool:

Tool 1: Demographic proforma

Tool 2: Frustration scale

Tool 3: Family climate scale

Data collection Process:

The data was collected after obtaining permission from the authorities of Bishop Benziger College of nursing, Kollam to conduct the study aimed at assessing the correlation between frustration and family climate among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam. The setting for the study was done in S N Women’s College, Kollam. The data collection began after obtaining administrative approval and consent from Principal of the college. The data collection was done on 14/12/2018 at 10 am. The subjects were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria using convenient sampling technique. A brief introduction of the study was given to the subjects who meet the criteria for study. Written consent was obtained from the samples. The tools were given to the subjects. About 3 hours was taken for the study. At the end of the session the investigator thanked the subjects and compiled the data for analysis.

Data Analysis:

· Demographic variables were analyzed using frequency and percentage.

· Correlation between frustration and family climate was found out using Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation.

· Association of frustration and family climate with demographic variables were analyzed using chi-square test.

RESULT:

Distribution of sample according to selected demographic data:

The data shows that 17% were at the of 17 years, 58% at the age of 18years, 23% at the age of 19 years and 2% at the age of 20 years and above. The data reveals that 100% of studentswere females. The data shows that 95% of students were from nuclear family and 5% from joint family. The data reveals that 59% of students were residing in rural area and 41% in urban area. The data shows that 51% of student’s parents education was only up to SSLC, 29% higher secondary, 17% graduates and 3% post graduate and above. The data shows that 3% of student’s parents are unemployed, 20% were Govt. employee, 20% were private employee and 57% belong to other categories. The data reveals that 33% of student’s parent’s monthly income is below 5000, 29% is between 5000-10000, 24% is between 10000-20000 and 14% is above 20000. The data shows that 50% of students belong to arts course and 50% science.

Description of frustration of undergraduate college students:

Data reveals that 23% of students have high frustration, 46% have moderate frustration and 31% have low frustration.

Description of family climate of undergraduate college students:

Data reveals that 29% of students have unfavorable family climate 52% have moderate family climate and 19% from favorable family climate.

Description of correlation between frustration and family climate among undergraduate college students of selected colleges at Kollam:

The value of r is -0.09. So there is negative correlation between frustration and family climate. The relationship between the two variables is weak. That is when family climate become favorable frustration decreases and vice versa.

Description of association between frustration and demographic variables among undergraduate college students of selected colleges at Kollam:

There is no association between frustration and demographic variables such as age, sex, type of family, type of residence, education of parent, occupation of parent, monthly income of parent and type of course.

Description of association between family climate and demographic variables among undergraduate college students of selected colleges at Kollam:

There is association between family climate and demographic variables such as age, type of family and type of residence. There is no association between family climate and demographic variables such as sex, education of parent, occupation of parent, monthly income of parent and type of course.

CONCLUSION:

The present study was undertaken to assess the correlation between frustration and family climate among undergraduate college students in selected colleges at Kollam. The results showed that, in the case of correlation between frustration and family climate among undergraduate college students of selected colleges at Kollam, the value of r is -0.09. So, there is negative correlation between frustration and family climate. The relationship between the two variables is weak. That is when family climate become favorable frustration decreases and vice versa. The association between frustration and selected demographic variables was done by chi square test. There was no significant association found between any of the demographic variables and frustration. But age, type of family and type of residence showed significant association with family climate whereas the remaining demographic variables like sex, education of parent, occupation of parent, monthly income of parent and type of course had no significant association with family climate.

RECOMMENTATION:

Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that,

· A similar kind of study can be conducted for a large group.

· A correlational study can be conducted to assess the impact of frustration on academics among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam.

· A correlational study can be conducted to assess the impact of socioeconomic factors on academics among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam.

· A correlational study can be conducted to assess the relationship between academic performance and psychosocial factors among undergraduate students of selected colleges at Kollam.

REFERENCES:

1. Available from https://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/frustration.

2. Walter K. Influence of Parental Occupation and Parental Level of Education on Students’ Academic Performance in Public Day Secondary Schools. IJRISS. Dec 2018. Vol (2): p. 1-25

3. Gulzar S, Yahya F, Nauman M. et al. Frustration among University Students in Pakistan. IRJSS. vol (1). edn (4): p. 1-9

4. Yadve P. A study of frustration among senior secondary school students. IJRCS. Sep 2017; vol (1): p.243-6.

Received on 20.03.2021 Modified on 24.04.2021

Asian J. Nursing Education and Research. 2021; 11(3):333-336.

DOI: 10.52711/2349-2996.2021.00080