Secondary Traumatic Stress and Oncology Social Work
- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
- Vol. 23 (4), 1-14
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j077v23n04_01
Abstract
Secondary traumatic stress (STS) represents a disorder that has the same symptoms as post traumatic stress disorder, but results from vicariously experiencing trauma through association with those directly encountering the traumatic event(s). This exploratory study examined STS in 21 oncology social workers who were members of the Association of Oncology Social Workers. The results of this study revealed that oncology social workers experienced compassion fatigue and burnout and that these variables were inversely related to compassion satisfaction. Other relationships between emotional involvement, ability to separate work from home, level of licensure, personal loss, and empathetic responsiveness were also examined.Keywords
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