Compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among residential child care workers: The role of personality resources

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-91

  Zerach, Gadi ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

attachment; burnout; compassion fatigue; residential childcare workers; secondary traumatization; sense of coherence; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873642686     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0886571X.2012.761515     Document Type: Article

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