Secondary traumatic stress of service providers who practice with survivors of family or sexual violence: A national survey of social workers

Smith College Studies in Social Work

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-119

  Choi, Ga Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family violence; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Secondary traumatic stress; Sexual assault; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455251148     PISSN: 00377317     EISSN: 15530426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2011.543044     Document Type: Article

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