Exposure to violence, support needs, adjustment, and motivators among Guatemalan humanitarian aid workers

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 109-115

  Putman, Katharine M ^a   Lantz, Jeanette I ^a   Townsend, Cynthia L ^a   Gallegos, Autumn M ^a   Potts, Amy A ^a   Roberts, Rebecca C ^a   Cree, Emily R ^a   de Villagrán, Marina ^b   Eriksson, Cynthia B ^a   Foy, David W ^c  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Caregivers; Community violence exposure; Guatemala; Motivators; PTSD symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTRUISM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349664353     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9249-5     Document Type: Article

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