Impact of Trauma Work on Social Work Clinicians: Empirical Findings

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 451-459

  Cunningham, Maddy ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinicians; Cognitive schemas; Sexual abuse; Trauma work; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVOR; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642310042     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.4.451     Document Type: Article

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