The Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS): Confirmatory factor analyses with a national sample of mental health social workers

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 177-194

  Ting, Laura ^a   Jacobson, Jodi M ^b   Sanders, Sara ^c   Bride, Brian E ^d   Harrington, Donna ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Secondary traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444449561     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v11n03_09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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