Secondary traumatic stress among victim advocates: prevalence and correlates.

Journal of evidence-informed social work Pub Date : 2018-09-01 Epub Date: 2018-06-01 DOI:10.1080/23761407.2018.1474825

Lorraine T Benuto, Rory Newlands, Allison Ruork, Sierra Hooft, Andrew Ahrendt

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) among victim advocates and to determine if risk factors (for the development of STS) that have been cited in the literature (with other populations) are applicable to victim advocates.

Methods: Data was collected from 135 victim advocates using an online survey.

Results: The prevalence rate of STS among victim advocates is approximately 50% and risk factors include number of hours worked per week, direct service hours, and working with adult survivors of child sexual abuse.

Discussion: Our results suggest that cumulative trauma exposure acts as risk factors to the development of STS among victim advocates.

Conclusion: Intervention efforts for this population are sorely needed and the information gained from this study can be used to guide these intervention efforts.

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受害者倡导中的继发性创伤压力:患病率和相关性。

目的:本研究的目的是确定继发性创伤应激(STS)在受害者维权人士中的患病率，并确定文献中(与其他人群)引用的(导致STS发展的)风险因素是否适用于受害者维权人士。方法:采用在线调查的方式，对135名受害者维权人士进行调查。结果:受害者倡导者中STS的患病率约为50%，风险因素包括每周工作时数，直接服务时数以及与儿童性虐待的成年幸存者一起工作。讨论:我们的研究结果表明，累积的创伤暴露是受害者倡导者发展STS的危险因素。结论:对该人群的干预工作是迫切需要的，本研究获得的信息可用于指导这些干预工作。

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