Manuscript Number : GISRRJ21449

A Study on the Impact of Self-designed Counselling module for developing Psychological Hardiness in order to Reduce Self-harming Behavior among Youth

Authors(2) :-Nivya Jain, Prof. Kalpana Jain

Psychological hardiness refers to a personality trait which is allied with an individual’s ability to manage and counter stressful life events using coping tactics that holds the potential to change uncertain circumstances into budding opportunities. It is described by a tendency to be intensely involved, a need to be in control and a desire to discover from one’s life events despite of the outcomes. In present times, people who lack psychological hardiness or resilience are suffering from a lot of mental health issues such as stress, anxiety disorders, depression, fear, phobias, overthinking, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anger issues, frustration, borderline personality disorder (BPD), insomnia etc. which ultimately direct them to harm or hurt themselves (self harming behavior) since they are unaware about productive ways of venting out their feelings and emotions. As a result, there arises an absolute need to find out ways to develop resilient skills so that he/she can face life situations, reduce self harming behavior and gain courage and confidence in their life. The purpose of current research was to study the effect of developing psychological hardiness to reduce the acts of self harming behavior among young individuals. A standardized inventory namely Psychological Hardiness Scale, having 12 items, developed by Kobasa S.C. & Maddi S.R. (1982) was used which is possessing high reliability and validity. The test was conducted on 30 young adults of Delhi city suffering from the issues of self harming behavior. Appropriate techniques of counseling were applied during intervention. Pre & Post testing was conducted. It was found that people who were given psychological counseling developed a higher level of psychological hardiness amongst them. This research study is found to be exclusive and quite useful for reducing self harming behavior among young adults.

Authors and Affiliations

Nivya Jain
Ph.D. Scholar, MLS University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Prof. Kalpana Jain
Head of Department, MLS University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Psychological Hardiness, Self Harming Behavior, Resilience, Potential, Opportunities.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 4 | Issue 4 | July-August 2021
Date of Publication : 2021-08-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 44-53
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ21449
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

Cite This Article :

Nivya Jain, Prof. Kalpana Jain , "A Study on the Impact of Self-designed Counselling module for developing Psychological Hardiness in order to Reduce Self-harming Behavior among Youth", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp.44-53, July-August.2021
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ21449

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