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Frustration

In psychology, frustration is a common emotional response to opposition, related to 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…

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EmotionalAngerAnnoyanceDisappointmentWill
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DepressionTemperamentNeuroticismJ.A.C. BrownPunishment
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Frustration tolerance

Low frustration tolerance
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Frustration

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples17
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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Frustration

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has cause · 6
Frustration → External, If, Internal, Needs, Some, When
related to Frustration tolerance · 3
Frustration → For, Having, The
is a · 1
Frustration → common emotional response to opposition
see also · 1
Frustration → AggressionDepressionDisappointmentFrustration

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may difficult internal anger external individual needs perceived tolerance annoyance goals also goal behavior response individual's aggression tasks likely blocked

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Frustrationis acommon emotional response to opposition0.90text
passiveinstance ofThere are multiple ways individuals cope with frustration0.80text
physical roadblocksinstance ofExternal blocking happens to an individual outside their control0.80text
difficult tasksinstance ofExternal blocking happens to an individual outside their control0.80text
or perceived waste of timeinstance ofExternal blocking happens to an individual outside their control0.80text
especially when those roadblocks or challenges were unexpectedinstance ofExternal blocking happens to an individual outside their control0.80text
or if the individual expected the goal to be easy to accomplishinstance ofExternal blocking happens to an individual outside their control0.80text
Frustrationhas causeIf0.60section
Frustrationhas causeWhen0.60section
Frustrationhas causeNeeds0.60section
Frustrationhas causeInternal0.60section
Frustrationhas causeExternal0.60section

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