Cross-sectional study examines the impact of religiosity on resilience through emotion regulation strategies in Nigerian nurses, suggesting a supportive role in managing stress.
Nurses in Nigeria who worked on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic continue to face significant work-related stressors and mental health challenges. Religiosity as a meaning-making system may provide support in response to such stressors; however, the psychological processes enabling this effect remained unclear. Guided by Stress and Coping Theory, this study examines whether emotion regulation strategies mediate the relationship between religiosity and resilience among nurses in the post-COVID-19 context. This cross-sectional study took place in three federal government hospitals in south-east Nigeria. Participants completed self-report measures assessing religiosity, emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression), and resilience. Results showed that religiosity independently and significantly predicted resilience. More frequent use of cognitive reappraisal partially mediated this association, as did less frequent use of expressive suppression; both strategies were associated with higher resilience. These findings indicate that religiosity may increase resilience among nurses by supporting adaptive emotion regulation strategies.
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