Acid attack refers to the act of hurling acid or any other corrosive substance on a person with the intention of injuring, harming, maiming, disfiguring or killing. Despite the fact that the number of acid attack cases in India have been rising, a separate section for acid attacks was not included in the Indian Penal Code until the year 2013. Even after the inclusion of this crime in the Indian Penal Code, the discourse about the crime and the condition of victims in the aftermath of the crime remains largely incomplete due to the selective focus on the medical treatment of the victims and punishment for the offenders. Therefore, the present paper attempts to explore social isolation as a consequence of the crime and the role of social support in the psychological rehabilitation of acid attack victims. The present research involved narrative interviews of a homogenous purposive sample of 30 female acid attack victims which were analysed using thematic content analysis. The findings suggest that victims of acid attack experience non‐social support in the form of social isolation social exclusion as a consequence of acid attack in addition to the lack of informational and instrumental social support. Results also suggest that social support plays a crucial role in the coping process of the acid attack victims. The insights of the present research will help in improving the understanding of the psychosocial correlates of acid attack victims and the recovery process of the acid attack victims.

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社会支持对酸攻击受害者康复的影响：质性研究

酸侵袭是指向人投掷酸或任何其他腐蚀性物质，以致造成伤害，伤害，致残，毁容或杀害的行为。尽管印度发生酸袭击案件的人数一直在增加，但直到2013年，《印度刑法》才将酸袭击的单独部分包括在内。即使在《印度刑法》中列入了该罪行之后，讨论仍在进行。由于对受害者的医疗和对犯罪者的惩罚的选择性关注，关于犯罪和受害者在犯罪后的状况的了解在很大程度上还不完整。因此，本文试图探索犯罪造成的社会孤立以及社会支持在酸攻击受害者的心理康复中的作用。本研究涉及对30名女性酸攻击受害者的同质目的样本的叙述性访谈，并使用主题内容分析法对其进行了分析。研究结果表明，除缺乏信息和工具性的社会支持外，酸攻击的结果是酸攻击的受害者经历了社会孤立，社会排斥形式的非社会支持，这是酸攻击的结果。结果还表明，社会支持在酸攻击受害者的应对过程中起着至关重要的作用。本研究的见识将有助于增进对酸攻击受害者的心理社会相关性的理解以及酸攻击受害者的康复过程。研究结果表明，遭受酸攻击的受害者除了缺乏信息和工具性的社会支持外，还由于遭受酸攻击而遭受了社会孤立，社会排斥，社会排斥等形式的非社会支持。结果还表明，社会支持在酸攻击受害者的应对过程中起着至关重要的作用。本研究的见识将有助于增进对酸攻击受害者的心理社会相关性的理解以及酸攻击受害者的康复过程。研究结果表明，除缺乏信息和工具性的社会支持外，酸攻击的结果是酸攻击的受害者经历了社会孤立，社会排斥形式的非社会支持，这是酸攻击的结果。结果还表明，社会支持在酸攻击受害者的应对过程中起着至关重要的作用。本研究的见识将有助于增进对酸攻击受害者的心理社会相关性的理解以及酸攻击受害者的康复过程。