Conflicts and frustration
All individuals at one or other time in our day to day life have
conflicts and frustration. Continuous feeling of chronic conflict and
frustration will have a negative impact on our well being. Frustration and
unresolved needs and desires cause great emotional unhappiness.
Douglas and Holland defines conflict as a painful emotional state
which results from a tension between opposed and contradictory wishes.
Barney and Lehner defines conflict is a state of tension brought
by the presence in the individual of two or more opposing desires.
Approach-Approach conflict: This arises when an individual is faced
with the problem of making a choice between two or more positive goals almost
equally motivating and important. For example, a child may have to choose
between watching a movie in TV or going out to play games.
Avoidance-Avoidance conflict: In this, an individual is forced to
choose between two negative courses of action. For example, a child who does
not want to study and at the same time does not want to displease the parents
by failing in the examination may experience such conflict.
Approach-Avoidance conflict: In this, an individual is faced with a
problem of choice between approaching and avoiding tendencies at the same time.
The conflict arises from the home, school, occupational social and
cultural environment. The faulty upbringing at home, unhealthy relationships,
over protection is the sources of conflict from home environment. Unpleasant
school or college environment, role of teachers, faulty method of teaching,
denial of opportunities for self expression and classmates are some of the
sources of conflict in youngsters. Improper working environment,
dissatisfaction with the working conditions, unsatisfactory relationships and
poor salary or wages is the sources of conflict in occupational environment.
The taboos, inhibitions and the negative attitude towards sex are the causes of
many sex conflicts in the minds of youth and adults.
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Negotiation is an
important part of conflict resolution
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First of all, accept
each desire as it arrives without judgment or resistance
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Remove any barrier or
resistance in choosing among conflicting desires
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Think the goals of life
and which one of the desires will be helpful to achieve the life’s goal
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Choose one desire and
follow it with full enthusiasm
Frustration means emotional tension resulting from the blocking of
a desire or need (Good, 1959)
According to Barney and Lehner (1953), frustration refers to
failure to satisfy a basic need because of either condition in the individual
or external obstacles.
Physical factors: Natural calamities, floods, droughts,
earthquakes, fire and accidents cause frustration in an individual.
Social and societal factors: Societal norms and values impose certain
obstacle in meeting the individual needs which leads to frustration
Economic and financial factors: Unemployment and lack of money causes
frustration in an individual.
Physical abnormality or defects: Too small or too
big a stature, very heavy or thin body, an ugly face or dark complexion etc
causes frustration.
Conflicting desires or aims: When a person has conflicting desires, he
develops frustration. For example, a nurse wants to work in abroad and does not
want to leave her family in home country causes frustration.
Individual’s morality and high ideals: An individual’s
moral standards, code of ethics and high ideals may become a source of
frustration to him.
Level of aspirations: One may aspire very high in spite of one’s
incapabilities or human limitations which may lead to frustration
Lack of persistence and sincerity in efforts: Frustration may result
in one’s own weakness in putting continuous and persistent efforts with
courage, enthusiasm and will power.
It can be classified as simple reactions and violent reactions
Simple reactions: It includes
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Increasing trials or
improving efforts
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Compromising with what
is available
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Withdrawal from the
situation
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Submissiveness
Violent reactions: It includes aggression
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