An examination of the psychometric properties of the vicarious trauma scale in a sample of licensed social workers

Health and Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 199-206

  Aparicio, Elizabeth ^a   Michalopoulos, Lynn M ^b   Unick, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

factor analysis; item response models; psychometric analysis; social workers; vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890537192     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlt017     Document Type: Article

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