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Background:

  • Frustration is typically perceived as a negative emotion.
  • Its potential positive effects, particularly on prosocial behaviors like altruism, remain underexplored.

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  • To investigate the influence of induced frustration on altruistic tendencies and behavior in college students.
  • To determine if frustration can positively impact the level and likelihood of altruistic actions.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Induced frustration in college students (n=70) using a difficult task and negative feedback.
  • Experiment 2: Assessed donation behavior in a real-life scenario (n=54) following frustration induction.
  • Compared donation amounts and proportions between a frustration group and a control (fulfillment) group.

Main Results:

  • Frustrating situations were found to significantly improve altruistic behavior (t(8.834) = 3.013, p = 0.015).
  • Participants in the frustration group donated a higher amount of money compared to the control group.
  • The proportion of participants who chose to donate did not significantly differ between the groups.

Conclusions:

  • Induced frustration can lead to increased altruistic behavior, specifically in the magnitude of donations.
  • This suggests that frustration, while unpleasant, may have a positive mediating effect on certain prosocial actions.
  • Further research is warranted to understand the psychological mechanisms linking frustration to enhanced altruism.