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Comparative Study
| Published: July 30, 2017
Understanding the Sources of Stress and Coping Ways of Girls Residing in Hostel
Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.032/20170404
DOI: 10.25215/0404.032
ABSTRACT
The present study aimed at understanding the sources of stress and coping ways of girls dwelling in hostel. Sources of stress may vary in different environmental setting. Hostel’s environment poses different kind of challenges for students. In India only a few girls are sent to hostel for study purpose as their marriage is given more priority than education. Therefore, 12 hostel girls studying in University of Allahabad were approached in order to collect data. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was conducted with girls. The FGD was audio recorded with the permission of girls and the audio recording of discussion was transcribed line by line. The Hindi transcription of the discussion was translated into English. Thematic analysis was used for interpreting the data. Patterns regarding different sources of stress were identified. Family related stress, career related stress, marriage related stress, gender discrimination, societal pressure, unhygienic environment of the hostel and adjustment problem with the roommate were the major themes derived from the patterns found in discussion. The themes that were derived for coping ways were: avoidance, back bitching, Faith in God, technology involvement, reliving positive moments of life, diary writing, painting, studying, sharing and meditation.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2017 Dwivedi S & Mishra A
Received: June 29, 2017; Revision Received: July 13, 2017; Accepted: July 30, 2017
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.032/20170404
10.25215/0404.032
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Published in Volume 04, Issue 4, July-September, 2017