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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"traumatization"”.
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Are Vicarious Traumatization Symptoms Present in Physicians?
… unexamined population, experience vicarious traumatization also. Twenty-two male and 15 female physicians from twenty states ranging in age from 32 to 70 with a mean of 20 years experience in diverse medical fields completed and returned survey packets initially mailed to 400 physicians …
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Preventing vicarious traumatization of mental health therapists: identifying protective practices
… practices that mitigate risks of Vicarious Traumatization (VT) among trauma therapists. The sample included six peer-nominated experienced therapists, trained at the masters or doctoral level, who self-identified as having managed well in this work. Narrative data was collected through …
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Vicarious Traumatization: The Impact of Therapists of Treating Trauma Clients
Vicarious traumatization (VT) of mental health professionals who provide services for survivors of traumatic victimization has received increased attention in recent years, though there is still little empirical research examining this phenomenon. The present study examined several factors thought …
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Living with military partners with PTSD. The phenomenon of secondary traumatization
… examines the possible existence of the secondary traumatization (ST) phenomenon in this context. Method: This is a qualitative study which draws on Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six female participants, all of whom achieved a cut-off …
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Vicarious Traumatization and Its Impact on the Pennsylvania Child Welfare System
Although many studies have addressed burnout, secondary trauma, and job satisfaction among child welfare workers throughout the United States, a review of the current and available literature revealed limited research addressing the impact of vicarious trauma and its relationship to worker …
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Differential Extinction of Disgust and Anxiety Among Victims of Sexual Traumatization
… integral to understanding the sequelae of sexual traumatization. Importantly, evidence broadly suggests compared to fear, disgust may be resistant to extinction. As such, conditioned disgust reactions may not evidence the same pattern of extinction observed with fear-based reactions. This may have …
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Vicarious Traumatization in Therapists: Contributing Factors, PTSD Symptomatology, and Cognitive Distortions
… personal and professional factors on vicarious traumatization. Quantitative results indicated that therapists' personal variables of sex, personal trauma history, and current stressfulness of personal trauma predict PTSD symptoms, while variables that include vicarious exposure to trauma and …
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The Relationship Between Vicarious Traumatization and Job Retention Among Child Welfare Professionals
… examined the relationship between vicarious traumatization and job retention among 1,192 child welfare professionals in five different child welfare organizations. Propositions from Constructivist Self Development Theory (CSDT) were utilized to examine the differential factors influencing the …
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Vicarious Traumatization, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout in Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Agency Staff and Volunteers
Two constructs, vicarious trauma (VT) and secondary traumatic stress (STS), describe therapists reactions to clients traumatic material. VT (TSI Belief Scale [BSL]), emphasizes cognitive belief system changes resulting from cumulative exposure to survivors. STS, (Compassion Fatigue Self-test for …
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Experiential-Based Research Depicting Humanistic Survival after Violent Victimization & Traumatization Exploring Human Resilience, Spirituality, Meditation & Expressive Writing
… women who experienced victimization and traumatization but did not seek professional mental-health intervention were interviewed; six had been abused as children and eight as adults. Some did not contact or follow through with reports to the police either because they faced pressure to …
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Effect of Feedback on Levels of Secondary Traumatization of Workers at Battered Women's Shelters across the United States
… This was the first study to examine secondary traumatization in the domestic violence worker population. Results suggested that domestic violence workers are experiencing levels of secondary traumatization slightly higher than sexual assault counselors, a group used for comparison due to their …
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Separation and Loss: Sequential Traumatization and the Loss of Family Life Experienced among the Children of the Kindertransports
Between December 1938 and September 1939, 10,000 Jewish children were evacuated from Nazi territory to the United Kingdom. Approximately ninety percent of these children were never reunited with their families. This thesis draws upon oral histories and memoirs of children from the Kindertransports …
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Efficacy of Self-Care and Traditional Mental Health Counseling in Treating Vicarious Traumatization Among Counselors of Hurricane Katrina Survivors
… Licensed Professional Counselors for vicarious traumatization within the first year of working with Hurricane Katrina survivors. A total score of 30 or above on the <em>PCL-C</em> is required to meet criteria for PTSD. A total of 32.1% of respondents (141 individuals) scored 30 or above- …
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Redefining Burnout: Exploring Common Conceptualizations and the Neurophysiology of Chronic Stress to Establish an Integrated Allostatic Model
… conditions such as compassion fatigue, secondary traumatization, and vicarious traumatization. The current project first examines relevant literature to identify commonalities among prevalent burnout conceptualizations. Then relevant stress research is explored to identify possible …
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Multifaceted Traumatization: Direct and Vicarious Exposure of EMS Personnel Who Responded To a Suicide Where Loved Ones of the Deceased Were Present
… study explored their experiences of multifaceted traumatization; the lived experiences of paramedics and EMTs who have responded to completed suicides where loved ones of the deceased were present, and as a result, experienced both a negative psychological impact and posttraumatic growth. The …
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Die Auswirkungen vom 188-Rhenium-Stents auf Neointimadicke, Stenosegrad und histologische Parameter in der Gefäßwand im Schafmodell
… we investigated the influence of an additional traumatization of the vessel wall. The study showed a reduction of the smooth muscle cells in the neointima by the 188 rhenium stents. However there was no positive effect on the neointima formation and the percent area stenosis. In further studies …
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Interventions That Help the Helpers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions Targeting Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress and Vicarious Traumatization in Mental Health Workers
… secondary traumatic stress and vicarious traumatization have received widespread attention in the literature due to an increased awareness of negative effects mental health workers experience when working with people who have been traumatized. Mental health workers become more vulnerable …
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Healing Together: Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence and Their Families
… of sexual assault can result in secondary traumatization for a survivor’s loved ones. Existing interventions for supporting survivors of sexual assault largely treat trauma at the individual level, neglecting the importance of relationships to the healing process and ignoring the reality of …
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