Predictors of post-traumatic distress in child welfare workers: A linear structural equation model

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-346

  Regehr, Cheryl ^a   Hemsworth, David ^b   Leslie, Bruce ^c   Howe, Phillip ^c   Chau, Shirley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Children's Aid Society of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Child welfare; Critical incident stress; Secondary trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942541224     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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