Research Design

            A telephonic semi-structured interview protocol for data collection was used that employed the Narrative Thematic Analysis method for data analysis (J. W. Creswell, 2014), a constructivist approach of inquiry to develop a deeper understanding and exploration.

Research Team, Contributions, Extraction and Participant Recruitment

            All three authors have a good background in qualitative research in Psychology. The first author was a doctoral candidate while the rest two were faculty members. The differences in age and experiences were managed by frequent discussion. Authors 1 and 2 helped in conceptualization, data collection, analysis and manuscript writing while authors 3 helped in analysis and manuscript writing. Out of 29 initially contacted, 20 participants gave their consent and the rest did not participate. The participants were known to the researchers before the study, and no compensation was paid. The study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee approval. The consent was ascertained on the telephone. A convenience sampling method was used. The sample size was determined as per the suggestions of Guest et al. (2006). The participants were debriefed as per the objectives. The saturation was determined after completion of 16 interviews when no new codes relevant to the research questions generated (Saunders et al., 2018). The interview protocol was evolved with the help of discussion among the researchers.

Data Collection

            Data from each participant were collected through telephonic contact during the stay at their home during the lockdown. The interviews were held from 36 to 43 minutes with an average length of 40.20 minutes. Nature, severity and impacts of the pandemic on your life and the roles of the familial and religious values helpful in coping with the threat of COVID-19 were the basic questions. The contents were recorded in writing while conducting the interviews.

Data Analysis

            The Narrative Thematic Method was used (J. W. Creswell, 2014). This method contains the organization and preparation, a general sense of the information, coding, generating categories or themes and interpreting the data (J. W. Creswell, 2014). Confidentiality and reliability were ascertained through the assignment of code to each participant and checking/rechecking of the codes. The reading and rereading of the transcriptions enhanced familiarity with the meanings and insights from the data (Barbour, 2001). To keep a record of the codes, a handwritten codebook was made. An iterative approach helped to enhance the quality of coding. A gap of two days was observed the scrutiny and reviewing of the transcripts to lower the distortions caused by over-involvement (Guest et al., 2012). The methodological integrity was increased by the evaluation of the data adequacy, analysis approach, frequent discussion, attending the evidence and a goals-focused consistent analysis.

Results

Five themes were generated regarding the familial and religious roots of independent and interdependent self-affirmations.

 Theme 1: COVID caused a strong threat among the participants.

Participants expressed their threat in many ways. Their threat was expressed in their reported anxiety, pain, panic experiences, helplessness and fluctuations in moods:
Due to COVID-19, I often experience anxiety and depression, I am really worried about future; I don’t know when this lockdown will get over when we will live like we used to do; I am stuck in my house and living at the same place since last thirty days has made me impatient, I cannot go out, cannot meet friends, family, people, relatives, I am just bored, there is nothing to do as such. (M_1)
Few of the participants said that they are very cautious all the time:
I’ve to think in advance about grocery and daily used items of home, the period is very uncertain, I’ve to remain alert all the time that’s a change in my behaviour. (M_1) While buying groceries and vegetables many times I’ve to think about others, I started restraining my requirements so as others who are in more need can be benefitted. (F_2)
Different kinds of concerns are raising difficulty in coping:
We don’t have ample space in our house, and seven members are there in my family, this lockdown has made our life hell, usually, members live in different cities, so earlier we didn’t have much problem of space, now as all of us are young adults so it makes a real challenge for us. (M_5)
There are very limited options for treasure, relish, that makes me upset. I am tired of watching television and fed up of the news on COVID-19. (M_8)

Theme 2: Values of the joint family played a direct and positive role in affirmation leading to perceived positive outcomes.

Many participants expressed the importance of the joint family in their life:
I am fortunate to have family in this critical time of life, I couldn’t imagine my life without them; at least, I’ve got some people to bang on, to have a chit chat, to play, to tease, it is the only thing that is helping me to be functional in this critical period. (M_11)
I hardly remember when I had last spent time with my family, now I can say I was unlucky but at present being present with parents and other siblings make me feel lighter and happier. (F_10)
Some expressed that their family is strengthening their abilities:
My father has helped me in overcoming anxiety, he’s so calm, he made me realise the important aspects of my life that led me to focus and work on those fronts, I didn’t know that I was good in tall those stuff, his trust played a great role, I am grateful to him and I really believe that joint family is a kind of a blessing in one’s life and I’ve experienced it personally during this COVID-19, otherwise, we usually stay far away from parents. God knows what would have happened if I had to live alone and stuck in COVID-19 situation far away from my family, I cannot even imagine. It’s horrible to even think off. (F_9)

Theme 3: Religious values have an explicit role in affirming values.

Many participants expressed that they were observing peace in their life due to religious practices:
Although I used to worship God regularly, I never found that kind of peace which I am observing these days; it gives a feeling of completeness, I’ve started enjoying it, earlier it was an act or ritual to perform on daily basis, but now I am experiencing some difference. (F_2)
Bhakti gives me immense pleasure and makes me temporarily forget about my problems and simultaneously gives me the required positivity in life to deal with the problems. (F_6)
Participants said that they are worshipping many times a day, they are engaging in religious acts of praying and sadhana (meditation).
I wake up at 5 am and perform puja (worship) and sadhana and after that, I start my day. It gives me a good feeling all day. It helps me in remaining calm during this stressful period all over the world. (F_4)

Theme 4: Individualistic and collectivistic family values were observed in dissimilar roles for affirmation.

Participants residing in the joint family have different expressions than with those residing in nuclear family:
For me, a family has not much role to play in my life even during this crisis, its only me who is going to help me in the long run. (M_1)
I have started cooking and that makes me feel good, I’ve tried different food recipes and got the chance to learn from my mother. This is the way I am engaged and spending time with my family. (F_10)
I am spending quality time with my family, which I frequently used to crave for, now almighty has allowed me to enjoy this precious time with my family. (F_3)

Theme 5: Traditional and modern religious beliefs and practices were observed with dissimilar implications for affirmation.

Some of the participants expressed spiritual inclination rather than religious values:
I hardly found that worshipping God will result in something; I prefer meditation hence on regular basis I engage in it. I practice 30 minutes of meditation every day and now trying to increase my mediation duration. I have seen that mediation is helpful and it helps in overcoming my anxiety. (F_3)
I have started reading “Ramayana, Mahabharat” and other good literature and find it useful in today’s critical situation. It helps me in connecting with my roots. (M_5)
Few others expressed that Yoga is helpful during this crisis and for them, this is the way of engaging into religious worship:
I experience immense happiness and satisfaction whenever I do Yoga, earlier I used to do only few Yoga Asanas like “Surya Namaskar, Anulom Vilom, Kapalbhati” but now am performing several other yoga asanas; this has made me more competent and contented. (M_7)

Discussion

            The findings showed that the outbreak of COVID-19 has created a strong and unusual threat to the life of the participants, their family members and community. The threat was perceived as very severe and imposed a demand to activate values capable of protecting well-being and self-integrity. The usual personal values did not seem to work and, thus the participants lend support from familial and religious values with which they were well-familiar and apt. These values were well-known and admired in Indian society for long. The participants from nuclear and joint families differed in their familial and religious values at practice levels. Indian joint family system cultivates a set of peculiar collective values that may have more relevance for affirming the participants during the current pandemic. The individualistic values are based on conditional sources of power and status which may have involved different mechanism of affirmation while collectivistic values like compassion and service to others may be more conducive as they tend to be less conditional (Burson et al., 2012; Schimel et al., 2004). The Indian joint family system has been known for cultivating social relationships of unconditional and transcendental nature (I can’t live without my family and community), it may facilitate more affirmation in collective values in their members in the face of the current threat (Burson et al., 2012; Crocker et al., 2008; Shnabel et al., 2013).
            The participants from the nuclear families showed reliance on individual-focused values of self-reliance, self-compassion whereas those who valued joint family reflected upon the significance of cooperation, interdependence, and compassion. Thus, affirming in the relevant values, beliefs and roles as well engaging themselves with the appropriate activities (spending time with their family members engaging in religious practices etc.) might have helped them to affirm in their desirable values. This affirmation in the relevant values or actions helped them to cope up with the threat created by COVID-19. As the threat was serious and unavoidable, the activation of self-affirmation in familial and religious values was natural. Major religious values which were observed in the reporting of the participants were love, gratitude, goodness, humanism, sacrifice, self-control, commitment and transcendence. It has been suggested that self-affirmation primarily occurs when the threat belongs to an important area of individuals (D. K. Sherman & Cohen, 2006; David K. Sherman et al., 2000). 
            Some previous researchers have argued that engaging in an activity promotes specific values, beliefs and roles pertinent to the identity of individuals and facilitate self-integrity and worth (G. L. Cohen & Sherman, 2007). The affirmation in the most desirable values of individuals broadens their perception about their identity to a larger perspective that in turn, shifts attention from the current threat and reduced their use of defences and act more effectively (D. K. Sherman & Cohen, 2006). It has been argued that self-affirmation may get activated either through reflecting up relevant roles, values and beliefs or engaging in positive activities. Many mechanisms have been proposed to explain the positive effects of self-affirmation. It has been suggested that self-affirmation acts as a buffer against stress by changing the psychological and physiological processes (G. L. Cohen & Sherman, 2014; J. D. Creswell et al., 2005; J. David Creswell et al., 2013). Another view says that self-affirmation reduces defensiveness and thus, makes available more psychological resources to deal with the threat (D. K. Sherman & Cohen, 2006).
            The affirmation in values inherent in especially joint family and traditional religious practices to face the current threat may be significant as self-affirmation has been suggested to cultivate positive mood (Ferrer et al., 2012), collective self-esteem (Armitage, 2012; G. L. Cohen et al., 2000; Jaremka et al., 2011), cognitive processing, other-directed feeling and connectedness with others (Burson et al., 2012; Wakslak & Trope, 2009). The participants belonging to the nuclear families and believed in practising evident components of religion showed affirmation in values confined to their personal experiences and outcomes. Thus, the individuals carrying individualistic and collectivistic values exhibited dissimilar preferences in their values. It may be due to the fact the two groups may have perceived different benefits of belonging to the two values and showed different mechanisms of self-affirmation (D. K. Sherman & Cohen, 2006). The collectivists affirm easily regarding family, interdependence and religion whereas individuals having individualistic-orientation show preferences for values relevant for their personal self (Heine & Lehman, 1997; Hoshino-Browne et al., 2004). The coexistence of individualism and collectivism in India may be possible due to its situation in the transition period. This coexistence of the two cultural value systems may be argued to be working behind the simultaneous presence of independent and interdependent self-affirmations as has been suggested by earlier researchers (Pandey et al., 2019; Sinha & Tripathi, 1994). This study is one of the limited studies which simultaneously showed an initial clue of the coexistence and functioning of independent and interdependent self-affirmation. More studies are needed to verify their dynamics and relationships with the various life outcomes of people. The findings may have theoretical, practical and policy implications especially for developing societies to understand intergenerational and intergroup relationships and outcomes.

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