Posttraumatic growth and related factors of child protective service workers.

dc.contributor.authorRhee, Y. S., Ko, Y. B., & Han, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-30T17:42:19Z
dc.date.available2013-09-30T17:42:19Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractObjectives: 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<0.001) of PTG. Conclusion: We suggest that child protective workers are vulnerable to posttraumatic stress and mental health services are indicated. We also recommend various types of training for stress coping program, especially strengthening the social support system of the child protective service workers in South Korea.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1155
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/2052-4374-25-6.pdf
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAnnals of Occupational and Environmental Medicineen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries25;6
dc.subjectposstraumacitc growthen_US
dc.subjectvicarious traumaen_US
dc.subjectcoping strategyen_US
dc.subjectsocial supporten_US
dc.titlePosttraumatic growth and related factors of child protective service workers.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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