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Secondary traumatic stress and oncology social work: protecting compassion from fatigue and compromising the worker's
Cassandra E Simon1, Josephine G Pryce, Lucinda L Roff
1University of Alabama, School of Social Work, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0314, USA.
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.
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