This study aimed to clarify the perceptions and practices of nurse managers who endeavored to achieve work-life balance among nurses. We conducted a semi-structured interview of 28 subjects. Through qualitative data analysis, six categories were identified: “communication leading to sensitivity to individual situations,” “responses sensitive to individual situations,” “individual career support,” “fostering teamwork,” “managing departments,” and “being the one who generates reassurance.” Nurse managers engaged in “communication leading to sensitivity to individual situations,” “responses sensitive to individual situations,” and “individual career support” as involvement that focused on the individual, and “fostering teamwork” and “managing departments” as involvement that focused on the whole department. Nurse managers were influenced by their own perceptions and behaviors of “being the one who generates reassurance.” These six categories, which are considered to influence each other, lead to realization of work-life balance among nurses. These results suggest that nurse managers need to work with hospital staff to implement a work-life balance support system for nurses, to create an atmosphere that embraces diversity at work（i.e., a culture of mutual respect), and to strive to improve the work-life balance support system according to the needs of the workplace.

　Sexual violence against minors, especially young children is an abominable crime. Although most sexual abuse survivors tend to remain silent to protect their privacy, at the turn of the twenty-first century, some sex crime survivors in America and Europe who were kidnapped, confined for a long period of time（more than six months), and sexually abused have published narratives under their real names. In their self-written narratives, Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Lee Dugard in the United States and Natascha Kampusch in Austria clearly described the process of trauma and recovery from physical, mental, and sexual abuse. Focusing on resilience, which is defined in psychology as "the ability to respond to adversity and adapt to difficulty and unexpected changes," we utilized qualitative descriptive methods to analyze survivors’ written testimonies of trauma and recovery from their experiences. We found three important factors in the development of resilience: autonomous resistance to "pseudo-family," biological family ties, and redefinition through writing. Appreciation of sex crime survivors’ narratives will strengthen prevention and social sanctions against sex crimes. Based on the results in this study, we conclude that society should address people’s ignorance of and prejudice toward sex crimes; protect survivors’ dignity and human rights; and develop systematic treatment procedures in clinical situations, using both oral and written narratives as a means of helping survivors deal with and recover from their traumatic experiences.