scholarly journals Indirect exposure to client trauma and the impact on trainee clinical psychologists: Secondary traumatic stress or vicarious traumatization?

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1059-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakhee Makadia ◽  
Rachel Sabin-Farrell ◽  
Graham Turpin
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Vicarious Traumatization ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Indirect Exposure ◽  
The Impact

Vicarious Traumatization, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout in Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Agency Staff

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Baird ◽  
Sharon Rae Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Vicarious Trauma ◽  
Adverse Reactions ◽  
Vicarious Traumatization ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Agency Staff ◽  
Agency Support ◽  
Trauma Counseling

This study investigated three occupational hazards of therapy with trauma victims: vicarious trauma and secondary traumatic stress (or “compassion fatigue”), which describe therapists’ adverse reactions to clients’ traumatic material, and burnout, a stress response experienced in many emotionally demanding “people work” jobs. Among 101 trauma counselors, client exposure workload and being paid as a staff member (vs. volunteer) were related to burnout sub-scales, but not as expected to overall burnout or vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, or general distress. More educated counselors and those seeing more clients reported less vicarious trauma. Younger counselors and those with more trauma counseling experience reported more emotional exhaustion. Findings have implications for training, treatment, and agency support systems.

Secondary Traumatization in Pediatric Healthcare Providers: Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Meadors ◽  
Angela Lamson ◽  
Mel Swanson ◽  
Mark White ◽  
Natalia Sira
Keyword(s):  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Secondary Traumatization ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Pediatric Healthcare ◽  
The Impact ◽  
E Mail

The primary aim for this research was to explore the overlap and differences between the concepts related to secondary traumatization: posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), secondary traumatic stress (STS), compassion fatigue (CF), and burnout (BRN). A secondary aim for this research was to examine the impact of secondary traumatization and some of the personal and professional elements that affect how pediatric healthcare providers experience PTSD, STS, CF, and BRN. An online survey was sent via e-mail to numerous list serves for healthcare providers who had worked on PICU, NICU, or PEDS units within the last year. The analyses revealed that a significant overlap existed between the terms of STS, PTSD, BRN, CS, and CF for PICU, NICU, and PEDS providers. However, a hierarchical linear regression revealed a significant amount of unique contributions to the variance in CF based on each of the measured concepts. Despite previous literature that indicates that the terms STS and CF can be used interchangeably, the two most prominent measures utilized in the assessment of CF and STS are actually capturing at least some unique elements. Given these results, future researchers should examine and conceptualize the difference in etiology, prevalence, symptoms, and treatment efficacy for CF and STS as separate but related entities and then return their focus to understanding secondary traumatization in healthcare providers.

Minimising compassion fatigue in obstetrics/gynaecology doctors: exploring an intervention for an occupational hazard

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Allen ◽  
Felice Watt ◽  
Brendan Jansen ◽  
Edwina Coghlan ◽  
Elizabeth A Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Occupational Hazard ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynaecology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Given

Aim: To explore the indicators of occupational stress in a group of obstetrics and gynaecology doctors and to investigate the impact of work-focused discussion groups over a 6 month period. Methods: The ProQOL questionnaire was used to measure the efficacy of monthly psychiatrist-led Balint style discussion groups on minimising Compassion Fatigue (consisting of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout). The 25 doctors were given the given the ProQOL questionnaire to complete: (a) at the initiation of the intervention in July 2015, (b) in October 2015, and (c) in December 2015. Results: Significantly decreased levels of Secondary Traumatic Stress ( p=0.008), Burnout ( p=0.010), as well as significantly increased rates of Compassion Satisfaction ( p=0.035) were recorded. Participants requested that the groups be continued. Conclusions: Psychiatrist-led work focused discussion groups were associated with improved rates of Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction in this sample group.

scholarly journals Secondary traumatic stress, burnout and compassion satisfaction among Flemish foster care workers during the COVID-19 lockdown

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-243
Author(s):  
Camille Verheyden ◽  
Frank Van Holen ◽  
Delphine West ◽  
Johan Vanderfaeillie
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Birth Parents ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Foster Care Workers ◽  
The Impact

This study examines secondary traumatic stress (STS), burnout and compassion satisfaction (CS) in Flemish foster care workers (FCW) during the COVID-19 lockdown. Even though child welfare workers are at increased risk for STS and burnout, these constructs have not been studied in FCW so far. Additionally, the COVID-19 measures severely impacted Flemish FCW’s work, personal and client environment, possibly stimulating the onset of STS and burnout and weakening CS. Moreover, this study aims to identify the work, client and personal factors determining high levels of STS and burnout and low levels of CS among FCW during the lockdown. STS, burnout and CS levels from 434 Flemish FCW were inquired with the Professional Quality of Life Scale. Low mean levels of STS and moderate mean levels of burnout and CS were reported during the lockdown. FCW who experienced a negative impact of COVID-19 measures on their work, had a high amount of worrisome placements due to birth parents in their caseload and low emotional stability are an at-risk group for both STS and burnout during the lockdown. CS was strongly determined by the impact of the COVID-19 measures on work and personality traits. Emotional stability determined the three outcome variables, making this a key characteristics for FCW during the lockdown. Consequently, during adverse circumstances, foster care agencies should pay extra attention and offer additional support to those FCW they estimate emotionally less stable and who struggle with the birth parents in their caseload.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on US healthcare workers: A Discursive Analysis of Frontline Secondary Traumatic Stress Using Twitter Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Wolf ◽  
Cydne Perhats ◽  
Altair Delao ◽  
Hannah S Noblewolf
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
The Impact

The demands of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in an increased physical, clinical, and emotional workload for healthcare workers. Both the Veterans Affairs system and the Emergency Nurses Association have recognized the specific hazards and health risks of providing frontline care in this unprecedented global emergency including an increase in multiple factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The purpose of this study was to explore real time PTSD in US healthcare workers using Twitter posts and to describe the impact on healthcare workers as the pandemic unfolds across the US. 1000 tweets were randomly selected from a larger dataset of 443,918 tweets by 281,021 unique authors posted using the hashtags #getmePPE and #getusPPE. Directed content analysis and discourse analysis were used to analyze the tweets and place them into a larger conversation about the pandemic. Healthcare workers and others, using a digital community setting delineated by the hashtags #GetUSPPE and #GetmePPE created a conversation centering around fear of illness, alarm at pandemic spread, and frustration at the label of “hero”, which is unsupported by resources at the local or Federal level. healthcare workers as a group have grave concerns, and high stress levels about inadequate material support (specifically personal protective equipment, or “PPE”) during the first 3 months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Real time analysis using social media posts as a dataset is a useful and feasible methodological approach for explicating the healthcare discourse within the social and political context of this pandemic. Keywords: emergency care; secondary traumatic stress; Covid-19; discourse analysis; emotional workload

Validating the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for Pediatric Nurses

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. E114-E126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marni B. Kellogg ◽  
Jacqueline S. Dowling ◽  
Margaret Knight ◽  
Sybil L. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Pediatric Nurses ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Indirect Exposure ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale ◽  
Psychometric Studies

Background and Purpose: Secondary traumatic stress is a state of mental distress resulting from indirect exposure to the traumatic situation of another individual. The literature indicates that secondary traumatic stress is a problem in some areas of nursing and may cause nurses to leave the profession. This article examines the psychometrics of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS) with a sample of pediatric nurses. Methods: The STSS was completed by a random sample of 350 Certified Pediatric Nurses. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were completed to assess the STSS and its subscales. Results: Cronbach’s αs ranged from 0.81 to 0.87 for each factor, and was 0.92 for the STSS as a whole. Fit indices were similar for all models. Conclusions: Reliability statistics and fit indices support the previous psychometric studies.

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