The Compassion Fatigue Scale: Its Use With Social Workers Following Urban Disaster  

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Adams, Richard E. ; Figley, Charles R. ; Boscarino, Joseph A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Research on Social Work Practice vol. 18 no. 3 (Mar. 2008), page 238-250.
Topik: compassion fatigue; secondary trauma; vicarious trauma; burnout; posttraumatic stress disorder; stress-process model; scale development
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Objective: The present study has two goals: to assess the difference between secondary trauma and job burnout and to examine the utility of secondary trauma in predicting psychological distress. Method: The data come from a survey of social workers (N = 236) living in New York City 20 months following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC). Results: Social workers’involvement in WTC recovery efforts is related to secondary trauma but not burnout. Analyses also reveal that both secondary trauma and burnout are related to psychological distress after controlling for other risk factors. Conclusion: This study supports the importance of compassion fatigue as a risk factor for social workers counseling traumatized clients and its association with psychological problems.

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