Correlates of secondary traumatic stress in child protective services workers

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 69-80

  Bride, Brian E ^a   Jones, Jenny L ^b   MacMaster, Samuel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Child protective services; Employee retention; Secondary traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548639213     PISSN: 15433714     EISSN: 15433722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J394v04n03_05     Document Type: Article

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