The Relationship between Attachment Styles and Vicarious Traumatization in Female Trauma Therapists

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Marmaras, Elizabeth ^a   Lee, Sandra S ^a   Siegel, Harold ^b   Reich, Warren ^c  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPIRICISM; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERAROUSAL; INTRUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; VICARIOUS TRAUMATIZATION;

EID: 0242410763     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v26n01_07     Document Type: Article

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