Abstract
This is an ethnographic study based on inductive reasoning inspired by everyday life coping of slum women in Delhi. Evidences from field work were found to be congruent with the underlying assumptions of Humanistic and analytical psychology, perspectives which ascertain positive human values and life orientation such as growth, and fulfillment, making it difficult to completely neglect strategies for adaptability, positive coping, and adjustment, which are having a positive influence in everyday lives of slum women in their day-day life. The focus of this study is not to explore the daily life concerns, but to highlight how these concerns are addressed by slum women, with regard to their coping strategies. The objective of this study was to bring into light the phenomenon of positive adaptability towards daily life concerns, in context with slum women by exploring three coping strategies given by Endler and Parker. Task-oriented strategy, Emotion-oriented strategy, and, Avoidance-oriented strategy three categories which were used to categorize the responses towards daily life stressors. Finally this study attempts to fill in the prevailing literature gap in the context of the conceptualization of psychological empowerment for slum women based on the findings of this study and trace the roots of psychological empowerment using the perspectives of psychology. This study illustrates analysis of ethnographic records of 50 informants from various slums in Delhi.
Highlights
ObjectivesMETHODOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION The design of the study is Ethnographic
This study focuses not on the daily life concerns and psychopathology, but aims to have an in-depth understanding on the positive aspects of coping strategies, which are contributing in positive adjustment and coping in everyday lives of the slum women in Delhi
This study attempts to fill in the prevailing literature gap in the context of the conceptualization of psychological empowerment for slum women based on the findings of this study and trace the roots of psychological empowerment using the perspectives of psychology
Summary
METHODOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION The design of the study is Ethnographic. Informal conversations with the informants, open ended interviews and ethnographic daily field records are significant in concluding the findings of this study. Its qualitative design and a nature to maintain its ecological validity, and an attempt to have an understanding of everyday life interactions of slum women residing in Delhi have facilitated the accomplishment of its objectives. This study attempts to suggest its findings based on ethnographic records of 50 informants, who are residents of slum in Delhi. Data has been collected from various locations of Delhi, to have an exhaustive account of the everyday lives of these women living in different slums.
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