Low Frustration Tolerance, Grandiose Narcissism Trait and Propensity of Violence Among Active Social Media Political Supporters

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between low frustration tolerance, Grandiose narcissism trait and propensity of violence among active social media political supporters. Frustration discomfort scale by Harington (2015), Grandiose Narcissism Scale Foster (2015) and Revised Attitude toward Violence Scale by Andreson (2006) were used to collected data. The study design was correlational study design and sampling technique was convenient sampling. There were 500 participants of the study both male and female aged from 18 years to 40 years. Data were collected through by google form from different social media app such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The correlational analysis was applied to check the association between low frustration tolerance, grandiose narcissism trait and propensity of violence. Regression analysis were applied to assess the predictor of propensity of violence. Independent T-test analysis was applied to determine the difference of variables among gender (male and female) and age group (young and early adulthood). The finding reveled that propensity of violence has significant correlation with grandiose narcissism trait and low frustration tolerance and it also revealed that low frustration tolerance and grandiose narcissism are predictor of propensity of violence. Result also showed that early adulthood is more prone to low frustration tolerance and grandiose narcissism and propensity of violence as compared to middle adulthood. This research also revealed that woman is more prone to violence as compared to men. In conclusion this study aimed to add new insights to the existing researches on active social media supporters. these findings should be considered as a starting point for further deductive testing of the phenomenon and meant to inspire follow-up research