Frustration as associated with street children and school children

Pages: 405-409
V. R. Shinde (Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune)
N. V. Deshmukh (Department of Psychology, M. S. G. College, Malegaon, Nashik, Maharashtra)

The present investigation was conducted to explore the level of frustration found to be associated with street children and school children The present study was conducted on a sample of 60 street children and school children including all male children, age ranging between 08 to 15 years by employing two-group design to measure various types of frustration, such as regression, fixation, resignation and aggression. Therefore, Frustration Test by Chauhan and Tiwari was used. The mean scores on the whole sample of street children and school children on frustration and factors of frustration such as regression, fixation, resignation and aggression were found to be significantly greater on street children than the school child ren. The obtained ‘t’ ratio was found to be significant at 0.01 level of confidence.