Vicarious trauma: An exploratory study of the impact of providing sexual abuse treatment on clinicians' trust and intimacy

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-85

  VanDeusen, Karen M ^a,b,c   Way, Ineke ^a,d,e  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Southwest Michigan Children's Trauma Assessment Center   (United States)

^e SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinicians; Sexual abuse treatment; Vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; OFFENDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA STRESS INSTITUTE BELIEF SCALE; TRUST; VICARIOUS TRAUMATIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 33744966382     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v15n01_04     Document Type: Article

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