The compassion ratigue scale: Its use with social workers following Urban disaster

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-250

  Adams, Richard E ^a   Figley, Charles R ^b   Boscarino, Joseph A ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Compassion fatigue; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Scale development; Secondary trauma; Stress process model; Vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549153342     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731507310190     Document Type: Article

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