Gender differences in frustration and ambiguity tolerance during Covid-19 pandemic in India.

Covid-19 Pandemic was a very stressful life event full of frustration, ambiguity and uncertainty. A good capacity to tolerate such frustrations and ambiguity can lead to better adaptation to such stress. In this study, it was aimed to understand the trends of frustration and ambiguity tolerance during the second wave of the pandemic as well as gender differences to frustration and ambiguity tolerance. A total of 160 school, university students and employees of age range 15 to 44 years were included in the study. The findings revealed that both genders had moderate and high levels of frustration and ambiguity tolerance to stress. A one way MANOVA was done showing that there were no gender differences seen for frustration tolerance though significant gender differences existed for ambiguity tolerance to stress. The importance of the findings and future directions of research were discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]