The counselor's trauma as counseling motivation: Vulnerability or stress inoculation?

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2392-2412

  Jenkins, Sharon Rae ^a   Mitchell, Jessica L ^a   Baird, Stephanie ^a   Whitfield, Sarah Roby ^a   Meyer, Heather Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; counselor motivation; secondary trauma; vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ALTRUISM; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COUNSELING; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959694753     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510383020     Document Type: Article

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