Posttraumatic growth and related factors of child protective service workers
| dc.creator | Young, S. R., Young, B. K., & Young, H. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-19T16:26:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-19T16:26:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description | 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 | |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/418 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/2052-4374-25-6.pdf | |
| dc.publisher | Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | |
| dc.subject | Traumatic stress -- Secondary | |
| dc.subject | Trauma | |
| dc.title | Posttraumatic growth and related factors of child protective service workers | |
| dc.type | Text |