2013-09-192013-09-192013http://hdl.handle.net/11212/418http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/2052-4374-25-6.pdfThe 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, ppdfTraumatic stress -- SecondaryTraumaText