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Coping with Societal Violence:Case Studies from India


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1 Business Communication, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, India
2 Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Malaysia
 

This paper talks about coping strategies utilized by three Indian women, who were subjected to severe assaults including physical assault leading to one leg being amputated, acid attack resulting into face and body deformation and sexual assault leading to mental and physical vulnerability. Incorporating semi- structured questionnaire resulting into narrative journey of their coping strategies during crisis, the responses of 3 participants were transliterated, translated and transcribed. The responses were carefully analyzed by a team of bilinguals and were found to be in 75% agreement with each other. Based on the responses of the participants, four major themes emerged in view of resilience in these women. They were family support, self- belief and self -determination, task-orientedness and positive attitude. Our study validated previous research findings in many ways and found a new dimension to task- orientedness resulting into resilience in women.

Keywords

Human Rights, Coping Strategies, Societal Violence.
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Authors

Abha R. Dixit
Business Communication, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, India
Maya Khemlani David
Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Abstract


This paper talks about coping strategies utilized by three Indian women, who were subjected to severe assaults including physical assault leading to one leg being amputated, acid attack resulting into face and body deformation and sexual assault leading to mental and physical vulnerability. Incorporating semi- structured questionnaire resulting into narrative journey of their coping strategies during crisis, the responses of 3 participants were transliterated, translated and transcribed. The responses were carefully analyzed by a team of bilinguals and were found to be in 75% agreement with each other. Based on the responses of the participants, four major themes emerged in view of resilience in these women. They were family support, self- belief and self -determination, task-orientedness and positive attitude. Our study validated previous research findings in many ways and found a new dimension to task- orientedness resulting into resilience in women.

Keywords


Human Rights, Coping Strategies, Societal Violence.

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