And suddenly … I have started to stand for that woman … and I think God also sees that my child is in trouble, let me give her the order 5-BrdU strength to do what she is suppose to do …’ (Participant 8, H 4065 web female, 46).Participants presented rationales for women to stay in relationships where they are exposed to violence:`… if I do this (leave) then I lose the man that I love …’ (Participant 9, female, 39) `… sometimes I told myself it’s because she’s not working, the reason why she keeps on staying in that relationship …’ (Participant 6, female, 36) Open AccessThis participant found spiritual meaning in providing care to survivors of IPV:http://www.phcfm.orgPage 5 ofOriginal Research`… this man was in serious power because of the occupation he was doing and the journal.pone.0077579 poor woman had nothing … he was so wild …’ (Participant 4, female, 50) `… men they have got this belief ?especially in our culture ?they will tell you: these things a woman is not supposed to do, and then they take advantage of this thing because they have got powers.’ (Participant 4, female, 50) `… she’s afraid to leave that relationship and go back home. At home there’s nobody working and she’ll go home with those kids and it’s going to be a burden on her parents …’ (Participant 6, female, 36) `… some of the families, especially we blacks, we have this tendency of not accepting other situations when somebody has failed (divorce) …’ (Participant 5, female, 35)different settings use this form of informal debriefing or peer support.42 Peer and social support have a protective effect on theoccurrence of post-traumatic stress symptoms in emergency nurses.23,43 Emergency nurses with secondary traumatisation who scored their relationships with colleagues as poor, or average, experienced interpersonal conflicts at work and were less likely to obtain social support.31 ijerph7041855 The different ways people use to regulate emotions may have different outcomes.45 In this research, participants attempted to regulate their emotional responses through suppression. Suppression, hiding what one is feeling or inhibiting the emotional experience,46 is regarded as a more dysfunctional way of emotion regulation. People vulnerable to depression, for example, tend to use suppression.47 The incongruence between what is experienced internally, and showed externally, has a negative effect on relationships.45 The nurses in this research indicated that they view suppression of emotions as a professional expectation. Nurses may moderate the connection with, and distance from, patients to help them regulate emotions and maintain professionalism. What appears as suppression may indeed be an attempt of nurses to manipulate emotional boundaries.48 Accommodation refers to the adjustments a person makes to cope with events that cannot be controlled.39 In the study, participants used accommodative coping by seeking distraction and using spirituality, acceptance and meaning making. The last three ways of coping are inter-related and resemble a process of cognitive restructuring or reappraisal.13 For example, accepting the death of a woman exposed to IPV was facilitated in the study through spirituality. Acceptance may also be considered as coping through meaning making as the person comes to terms with a stressful event.49 Positive cognitive restructuring is illustrated in finding strength in the idea that the work with survivors is a fulfilment of a spiritual purpose. Spirituality, also referred to as `religi.And suddenly … I have started to stand for that woman … and I think God also sees that my child is in trouble, let me give her the strength to do what she is suppose to do …’ (Participant 8, female, 46).Participants presented rationales for women to stay in relationships where they are exposed to violence:`… if I do this (leave) then I lose the man that I love …’ (Participant 9, female, 39) `… sometimes I told myself it’s because she’s not working, the reason why she keeps on staying in that relationship …’ (Participant 6, female, 36) Open AccessThis participant found spiritual meaning in providing care to survivors of IPV:http://www.phcfm.orgPage 5 ofOriginal Research`… this man was in serious power because of the occupation he was doing and the journal.pone.0077579 poor woman had nothing … he was so wild …’ (Participant 4, female, 50) `… men they have got this belief ?especially in our culture ?they will tell you: these things a woman is not supposed to do, and then they take advantage of this thing because they have got powers.’ (Participant 4, female, 50) `… she’s afraid to leave that relationship and go back home. At home there’s nobody working and she’ll go home with those kids and it’s going to be a burden on her parents …’ (Participant 6, female, 36) `… some of the families, especially we blacks, we have this tendency of not accepting other situations when somebody has failed (divorce) …’ (Participant 5, female, 35)different settings use this form of informal debriefing or peer support.42 Peer and social support have a protective effect on theoccurrence of post-traumatic stress symptoms in emergency nurses.23,43 Emergency nurses with secondary traumatisation who scored their relationships with colleagues as poor, or average, experienced interpersonal conflicts at work and were less likely to obtain social support.31 ijerph7041855 The different ways people use to regulate emotions may have different outcomes.45 In this research, participants attempted to regulate their emotional responses through suppression. Suppression, hiding what one is feeling or inhibiting the emotional experience,46 is regarded as a more dysfunctional way of emotion regulation. People vulnerable to depression, for example, tend to use suppression.47 The incongruence between what is experienced internally, and showed externally, has a negative effect on relationships.45 The nurses in this research indicated that they view suppression of emotions as a professional expectation. Nurses may moderate the connection with, and distance from, patients to help them regulate emotions and maintain professionalism. What appears as suppression may indeed be an attempt of nurses to manipulate emotional boundaries.48 Accommodation refers to the adjustments a person makes to cope with events that cannot be controlled.39 In the study, participants used accommodative coping by seeking distraction and using spirituality, acceptance and meaning making. The last three ways of coping are inter-related and resemble a process of cognitive restructuring or reappraisal.13 For example, accepting the death of a woman exposed to IPV was facilitated in the study through spirituality. Acceptance may also be considered as coping through meaning making as the person comes to terms with a stressful event.49 Positive cognitive restructuring is illustrated in finding strength in the idea that the work with survivors is a fulfilment of a spiritual purpose. Spirituality, also referred to as `religi.
