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Risk Factors of Vicarious Traumatization in Psychology Graduate Students

Furey, Colleen A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1396344984

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2011, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
Three risk factors for Vicarious Trauma (VT) in psychology graduate students working with trauma survivors were investigated: personal history of trauma, number of clinical hours spent working with trauma survivors, and preferred coping strategies. Participants (N=137) completed a Trauma and Attachment Belief Scale (TABS), an Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) to measure the self-reported altered schemas and PTSD-like symptoms common to VT, as well as the Brief COPE to assess their preferred coping strategies. Participants who identified as trauma survivors currently experiencing moderate effect from their trauma scored significantly higher on the TABS and the IES-R total scores as compared to non-trauma survivor participants. In addition, participants who identified as trauma survivors experiencing a moderate effect from their trauma scored significantly higher than trauma survivors experiencing a mild effect from their trauma on the TABS and IES-R total scores. Participants' self-reported number of clinical hours spent with trauma survivors did not significantly differentiate levels of VT symptoms. Limitations of this study as well as implications for future research are outlined.
W. Michael Nelson III, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Chair)
Anna Ghee, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Lyn Sontag, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Member)
162 p.
Clinical Psychology
secondary traumatic stress; psychology students

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  • Furey, C. A. (2011). Risk Factors of Vicarious Traumatization in Psychology Graduate Students [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1396344984

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Furey, Colleen. Risk Factors of Vicarious Traumatization in Psychology Graduate Students. 2011. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1396344984.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Furey, Colleen. "Risk Factors of Vicarious Traumatization in Psychology Graduate Students." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1396344984

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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