Low frustration tolerance - Wikipedia

Low frustration tolerance (LFT), or "short-term hedonism," is a concept utilized to describe the inability to tolerate unpleasant feelings or stressful ... Lowfrustrationtolerance FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch ConceptinRationalEmotiveBehavioralTherapy Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Lowfrustrationtolerance" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(December2016)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Lowfrustrationtolerance(LFT),or"short-termhedonism,"isaconceptutilizedtodescribetheinabilitytotolerateunpleasantfeelingsorstressfulsituations.Itstemsfromthefeelingthatrealityshouldbeaswished,andthatanyfrustrationshouldberesolvedquicklyandeasily.Peoplewithlowfrustrationtoleranceexperienceemotionaldisturbancewhenfrustrationsarenotquicklyresolved.[1]Behaviorsarethendirectedtowardsavoidingfrustratingeventswhich,paradoxically,leadstoincreasedfrustrationandevengreatermentalstress. InREBT,theoppositeconstructis"highfrustrationtolerance". Contents 1History 2Typesofhedonism 3Stress 4Implications 5ReducingLFT 6LFTScale 7Increasingtolerance 8Seealso 9References 10Externallinks History[edit] TheconceptwasoriginallydevelopedbypsychologistAlbertElliswhotheorizedthatlowfrustrationtoleranceisanevaluativecomponentindysfunctionalandirrationalbeliefs.HistheoryofREBTproposesthatirrationalbeliefsandtheavoidanceofstressfulsituationsistheoriginofbehavioralandemotionalproblems.Ashumans,wetendtoseekforinstantgratificationtoavoidpain,ignoringthefactthatevadingasituationnow,willmakeitmoreproblematiclater.[1] Typesofhedonism[edit] Inferentialhedonism:People'sdesiresareregardingtheirownhedonicstatesofpleasureandpain. ReinforcementHedonism:Thecontentofaperson'sdesire,isreinforcedbecauseofthepleasurethatimaginingthespecificdesirebrings.[2] Stress[edit] AccordingtoREBT,thewayweperceivestressfulsituationsplaysaroleinhowweexperiencestress.Stressexistsaspartofthenervoussystemofhumans,anditaffectshumans'well-beingwhenthedegreeofstressexceedstheircapacityofmanagingthesituationeithertemporarilyorpermanently.[1] Implications[edit] LFThasbeensuggestedasamaincauseofprocrastination.AccordingtoDr.SarahEdelman,LFTcausesustoavoiddifficulttoenduresituationsandsometimestoavoidthemaltogether.Thiscanbeaproblembecause'achievingmanyofthethingsthatareimportantandworthwhilerequiresustotakeactionsthatinvolvesomediscomfort.'[3]Avoidingdifficultsituationsandtaskscanalsopreventusfromdealingconstructivelywithproblems,suchasendingunpleasantrelationships,improvingunhealthylifestyles,andmovingonfromdissatisfyingjobs.Moreover,tasksperceivedasboring,difficultordemandingofgreatereffort,aresaidtomakeapersonmorelikelytoprocrastinate.[4] ReducingLFT[edit] InREBT,reducingirrationalbeliefsandincreasingrationalbeliefscanreduceLFT.Thiscognitiverestructuringallowsamodificationofdysfunctionalthinkingandacting,andallowspeopletochangethoughtsofgreatdistresslike: "ExistingconditionsmustbechangedtogivemewhatIlike,otherwiseIcan'tstanditandIcan'tbehappyatall!" "Imusthaveimmediategratificationandhavetohaveit,orelseIcan'tstanditandmylifeisawful" "Ican'tstandhassles" Intomorerationalandlessexaggeratedthoughtslike: "Idon'tlikeexistingconditions" "Iwouldlikeimmediategratification" "Ifindhasslesandfrustrationsinconvenient"[1] LFTScale[edit] Thefrustrationdiscomfortscale(FDS),amultidimensionalmeasureforLFT,wasdevelopedusingREBTtheories. Thesedimensionswerelabelledinfourcategories:[5] Emotionalintolerance,involvingintoleranceofemotionaldistress. Entitlement,involvingintoleranceofunfairnessandfrustratedgratification. Discomfortintolerance,involvingintoleranceofdifficultiesandhassles. Achievement,involvingintoleranceoffrustratedachievementgoals. Increasingtolerance[edit] Ellissaidthepathtotoleranceconsistedofmanyroads,includingunconditionalself-acceptance,unconditionalother-acceptanceandunconditionallife-acceptance.[6] Seealso[edit] Frustration–aggressionhypothesis References[edit] ^abcdEllis,Albert;Gordon,Jack;Neenan,Michael(2001).SAGEBooks-StressCounselling:ARationalEmotiveBehaviourApproach.doi:10.4135/9781446217696.ISBN 9780826455987. ^Justin,Garson(2015)."Twotypesofpsychologicalhedonism".StudiesinHistoryandPhilosophyofBiologicalandBiomedicalSciences:7–14. ^Edelman,Sarah(2002).Changeyourthinking :positiveandpracticalwaystoovercomestress,negativeemotionsandself-defeatingbehaviourusingCBT.Sydney:ABCBooks.ISBN 978-0733310188. ^Harrington,Neil(2005)."It'stoodifficult!Frustrationintolerancebeliefsandprocrastination".PersonalityandIndividualDifferences.39(5):873–883.doi:10.1016/j.paid.2004.12.018. ^Harrington,Neil(2005)."TheFrustrationDiscomfortScale:DevelopmentandPsychometricProperties".ClinicalPsychology&Psychotherapy.12(5):374–387.doi:10.1002/cpp.465. ^TheRoadToTolerance,AlbertEllis,2004,PrometheusBooks,Conclusion(p211) Externallinks[edit] REBTNetwork--AlbertEllisandRationalEmotiveBehaviorTherapy TheAlbertEllisInstitute Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Low_frustration_tolerance&oldid=1059569701" Categories:SymptomsandsignsofmentaldisordersHedonismHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataArticlesneedingadditionalreferencesfromDecember2016Allarticlesneedingadditionalreferences Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Español한국어 Editlinks