Influence of fatigue on impulsiveness, aspiration level, performance motivation and frustration tolerance among young Romanian psychology students

The objective of this research is focused on how fatigue influences impulsiveness, aspiration level, performance motivation and frustration tolerance among young Romanian psychology students. Method: Participants were 60 undergraduate students at Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, aged between 19 and 23 years old; Instruments: Attitudes to Work test (Vienna Test System, 2012). Findings show that fatigue influences statistically significant the performance level (t=3.99; p=0.00001<0.01) and also tolerance to frustration (t=-2.78; p=0.007<0.01) among young Romanian psychology students. These effects can be observed either on long-term or on short-term sleep deprivation (Pilcher & Huffcutt, 1996). (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.