Vicarious trauma: Predictors of clinicians' disrupted cognitions about self-esteem and self-intimacy

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 81-98

  Way, Ineke ^a   VanDeusen, Karen M ^a   Cottrell, Tom ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YWCA of Grand Rapids ^*

Author keywords

Females; Gender; IES; Males; TABS; Vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EMOTIONALITY; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; 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; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548813360     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v16n04_05     Document Type: Article

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