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M. Sathya and Gayatridevi. S
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore
Women are subjected to numerous pressures, owing to various responsibilities and
varied roles that they fulfill. The COVID pandemic has brought forth a lot of added
chores at home and outside. Economic pressures have added to their stress. Mental
health of working women has faced huge challenges. Women struggle to meet all
expectations of work and at home, during the day and are fatigued at the end of the
day. At night, they are extremely tired that sleep too eludes them. Body pain is the
result of this age of high demand and stress. This paper attempts to understand the
level body pain intensity and the level of resilience among Women. The study aims to
explore the relationship between Pain and Resilience among women and to find the
usefulness of Existential Therapy on managing pain and building resilience. The research
design used for the study is Before –After and Follow up without control group. Fiftytwo
women were selected using purposive sampling method. Brief Pain Inventory
(Cleeland, 1994) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) by Connor
Davidson,2003 was used to measure Pain intensity and Resilience. Existential therapy
was given to the participants, and the data were subjected to repeated measures of
MANOVA. The results showed that practicing Existential therapy had a significant
positive impact on Pain and Resilience.