Table 4.

Theme 1: Help- and support-seeking coping.

Findings	Categories	Theme
Participants found their family, friends, and neighbors to be very supportive [U]	Informal Support	Help- and support- seeking coping
They turned to family and friends during those times when they were desperate for support [U]
Drawing on police services for help and assistance [U]	Formal Support
Use of some form of professional [U]
Coping mechanism included counseling [U]
Religion is one way of helping them cope with their difficult situations [U]	Religion
The church was noted as providing support and a way of coping (pastor and members of church) [U]
Coping mechanism included religion [U]
Resilient due to their spirituality [U]
Positioning with religious discourses [U]

U, Unequivocal.