The Psychological Life Positions of Youth in the Context of Nirbhaya Incident

By : Archana Shukla, Vidushi Dixit

Page No: 33-42

Abstract
The present study was an attempt to explore the psychological life positions of a small sample of youth in the context of the Delhi gang rape case. Data were collected using semi-structured interview technique and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Overall eight clusters of themes such as causes for committing crime, suggestions, reflections of incidence on society, punishments, justification for not helping, extent of inevitability of such events, impact of the protests and impact of the incidence on general population were obtained. The analysis revealed that people operated from the paranoid life position (I+ YOU-) resulting from the inadequate patterns of strokes received from significant others on one’s own childhood. Efforts must be made to change the unhealthy life positions into healthy position by learning to indulge in complementary transactions as well as positive stroking. By doing so people may ultimately acquire the ‘winner position (I+ YOU+)’.

Authors :
Vidushi Dixit : Assistant Professor —Department of Psychology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali, Niwai, Tonk, Rajasthan - 304022.
Archana Shukla : Director, AIBAS and Dean —Faculty of Arts, Amity University, Haryana.