International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 1 4 2012 December 14 Frustration among University Students in Pakistan 7 15 EN Gwary M.M. 1 Department of Agricultural Extension Services, University of Maiduguri, NIGERIA Gwary T.M. 2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Abuja, NIGERIA Mustapha S.B. 3 Shazia Gulzar 1 Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore. PAKISTAN Farzan Yahya 2 Muhammad Nauman 3 Zarak Mir 4 Mujahid SyedHassaan 5 > Research Paper 2012 11 01 2012 December 14 The focus of this paper is about identifying the reactions, feelings and causes of frustration among university students of Pakistan. Frustrating situations occur recurrently throughout the life. Nevertheless, it must not be allowed to achieve the upper hand. The sample of the study has comprised of 120 individuals including boys (n=78) and girls (n=42) from different universities of Lahore city. A questionnaire has designed as a data collection instrument which included close-ended questions. Reliability of Scale shows =0.855, so scale can be considered as trustworthy. Results are presented graphically, descriptively and inferentially. Chi-Square test has applied to verify demographics association with research questions. Results shows that greater academic demands from parents and losing or death of love ones are chief cause of frustration among students. Moreover, there are many feelings of frustration that had observed. Enduring depressed mood, crying spells, loss of interest or pleasure, decrease in aptitude level, feeling fatigue and feeling of anger or vengeance are dominant feelings among students during frustration. Furthermore, as a reaction to frustration mostly students face difficulty in making right decisions. Departing from friends and family has also examined in students as a reaction to frustration. Additionally, overall results about duration of frustration among university students have detected that most of the students face frustration for less than one month. The results of the study have been discussed in the light of particular Pakistani culture. Copyright@ International Science Community Association