Effects of internet-based self-efficacy intervention on secondary traumatic stress and secondary posttraumatic growth among health and human services professionals exposed to indirect trauma

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Cieslak, Roman ^a,b   Benight, Charles C ^b   Rogala, Anna ^a   Smoktunowicz, Ewelina ^a   Kowalska, Martyna ^a   Zukowska, Katarzyna ^a   Yeager, Carolyn ^b   Luszczynska, Aleksandra ^a,b  

^a SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet based intervention; Posttraumatic growth; Secondary traumatic stress; Self efficacy; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982315556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01009     Document Type: Article

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