44 university undergraduate students, 22 males and 22 females, were presented an insoluble finger maze as a measure of frustration tolerance. Simple and multiple correlations of frustration tolerance, School and College Achievement Test (SCAT) scores, and grade point average showed frustration tolerance to be a relevant factor in the prediction of college grade point average for males but not for females and when in combination with SCAT Quantitative scores for both sexes.
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