Preventing secondary traumatization in the undergraduate classroom: Lessons from theory and clinical practice

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-228

  Zurbriggen, Eileen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; distress; emotional trauma; teaching; vicarious experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855187232     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024913     Document Type: Article

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