Secondary traumatic stress and self-care inextricably linked.

Increasingly trauma scholars are exploring the susceptibility of mental health providers to secondary trauma reactions. The current study explores the relationship between clinical social work practice with trauma-exposed clients and secondary traumatic stress among social workers. The intent of thi...

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Publicado en:Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 37 - 48
Autor principal: Owens-King, Allessia P.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2019
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        Health self-care
        Injury complications
        Job satisfaction
        Job stress
        Psychotherapy patients
        Statistical sampling
        Scale analysis (Psychology)
        Social services
        Psychology of social workers
        Psychological stress
        Mathematical variables
        Professional practice
        Disease prevalence
        Descriptive statistics
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          Health self-care
          Injury complications
          Job satisfaction
          Job stress
          Psychotherapy patients
          Statistical sampling
          Scale analysis (Psychology)
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          Psychology of social workers
          Psychological stress
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          Disease prevalence
          Descriptive statistics
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        social work education
        social worker self-care
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      ab: Increasingly trauma scholars are exploring the susceptibility of mental health providers to secondary trauma reactions. The current study explores the relationship between clinical social work practice with trauma-exposed clients and secondary traumatic stress among social workers. The intent of this study is to identify the role various factors play in the development of secondary trauma (also known as compassion fatigue). A simple random sample of National Association of Social Workers members were asked to participate. Participants completed an online survey that explored their exposure and responses to secondary traumatic stress. The online survey consisted of standardized measures including the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale and The Coping Strategies Inventory which assesses secondary trauma and self-care strategies, respectively (Bober, Regehr, & Zhou, 2006; Bride, Robinson, Yegidis, & Figley, 2003). The magnitude of work (the extent and intensity of time working with trauma-exposed clients) is assessed by a non-standardized measure which consists of clinical caseloads composition questions. Job satisfaction is measured by items taken from the National Association of Social Workers' workplace questionnaire (Whitaker & Arrington, 2008). 161 social workers completed the online survey. It required approximately 35 minutes to complete. This project empirically demonstrated that high-magnitude social work practice (providing therapeutic intervention to trauma survivors, i.e. military service members and veterans) is associated with higher levels of secondary trauma. There is also empirical evidence that self-care strategies can mitigate the impact of the secondary trauma. Educational and workforce implications for study findings are discussed.
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