Posttraumatic growth and related factors of child protective service workers

Date

2013

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Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Abstract

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The aim of the study is to measure the level of vicarious trauma, posttraumatic growth (PTG), and other factors affecting PTG among child protective service workers. Methods: We include posttraumatic stress, social support, stress coping, and demographic data as independent variables. Data was collected from 255 full-time social workers from 43 child protective agencies as acomplete enumeration and 204 included in the final analysis. Results: The major findings of the study were as follows: The mean score of PTG was 44.09 (SD:21.73). Hierarchical multiple regression was adopted and 'pursuing social support as a way of coping with stress' was the strongest predictive factor (β=0.319, p

Keywords

Traumatic stress -- Secondary, Trauma

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