Low frustration tolerance
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Proponents of Albert Ellis' Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy cite a construct or concept they call low frustration tolerance, or "short-term hedonism
" in order to partly explain behaviors like procrastination
and certain other apparently paradox
ical or self-defeating behavior. It is defined as seeking immediate pleasure or avoidance of pain at the cost of long-term stress
and defeatism.
The concept was originally developed by psychologist Albert Ellis who theorized that low frustration-tolerance (LFT) is an evaluative component in dysfunctional and irrational beliefs. Behaviors are then derived towards avoiding frustrating events which, paradoxically, lead to increased frustration and even greater mental stress.
In REBT the opposite construct is "high frustration tolerance".
Psychological hedonism
Psychological hedonism is the theory that all human choice is motivated by a desire for pleasure .This theory of human motivation cannot rule out altruism without being contradicted by evidence. Rather, it claims that when sane people choose to help others, it is because of the pleasure they...
" in order to partly explain behaviors like procrastination
Procrastination
In psychology, procrastination refers to the act of replacing high-priority actions with tasks of low-priority, and thus putting off important tasks to a later time...
and certain other apparently paradox
Paradox
Similar to Circular reasoning, A paradox is a seemingly true statement or group of statements that lead to a contradiction or a situation which seems to defy logic or intuition...
ical or self-defeating behavior. It is defined as seeking immediate pleasure or avoidance of pain at the cost of long-term stress
Stress (medicine)
Stress is a term in psychology and biology, borrowed from physics and engineering and first used in the biological context in the 1930s, which has in more recent decades become commonly used in popular parlance...
and defeatism.
The concept was originally developed by psychologist Albert Ellis who theorized that low frustration-tolerance (LFT) is an evaluative component in dysfunctional and irrational beliefs. Behaviors are then derived towards avoiding frustrating events which, paradoxically, lead to increased frustration and even greater mental stress.
In REBT the opposite construct is "high frustration tolerance".