Six Thinking Dupatta Skills for Problem Solving: Case Study of Suicide Prevention of Wives in Grief

ABSTRACT The study examines the efficacy of “Six Thinking Dupatta Skills” as a problem-solving skill for the prevention of suicide in wives who were grieving of Bathinda district (Punjab) who had lost their husbands because of suicide. It was hypothesized that this method would be effective in alleviating suicidal ideation, grief, depression and build resilience in them. Three wives who were grieving wives (average age 45.22 years old) from the Bathinda district of Punjab (India) were given “Six Thinking Dupatta Skills” as problem-solving skills in five stages. The findings suggest the ‘Six thinking Dupatta Skills can be effective as problem-solving skills at the time of grieving situations.