To resolve or not to resolve: Past trauma and secondary traumatic stress in volunteer crisis workers

Journal of Trauma Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 37-55

  Hargrave, Petrina A ^a,d   Scott, Kate M ^b   McDowall, John ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Secondary traumatic stress; Trauma history; Vicarious traumatization; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845751542     PISSN: 15362922     EISSN: 15362930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J189v05n02_03     Document Type: Article

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