A person who is directly affected by violence (The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, 1997). However, the term "direct victim" refers to the direct recipients of violence, and the "indirect victim" refers to the person affected by violence such as being affected by scenes of violence on TV or such as children affected by viewing violence occurring between their parents. Other terms that are sometimes used instead of the survivor: victim, recipient of violence, to indicate the different stages that can be experienced by a person who is subject to violence. However, the current practice in scholarly literature and the recommendations of the principles for dealing with individuals subject to violence, is the use of the word "survivor" when referring to the recipient of violence, regardless of the reaction of the recipient, since the word victim suggests weakness, compassion and surrendering while the word "survivor" suggests resilience and strength. Thus, the term "survivor" has positive connotations which helps the recipient on one hand to increase his/her self-confidence and reminds the care provider not to deal with the recipient as subordinate.