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Secondary Trauma Impact Scale: Development and Initial Validation.

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Researchers developed the Secondary Trauma Impact Scale (STIS) to measure distress and impairment from secondary traumatic stress (STS). This validated scale aids in assessing STS impact on social workers and evaluating interventions.

Keywords:

clinical distress confirmatory factor analysis impaired functioning instrument development secondary trauma

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Psychology
Social Work
Occupational Health

Background:

Existing instruments for secondary traumatic stress (STS) do not adequately measure distress and impairment.
There is a need for a reliable tool to assess the multifaceted impact of work-related secondary trauma.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a new instrument, the Secondary Trauma Impact Scale (STIS), for measuring distress and impaired functioning due to secondary traumatic stress.
To assess the reliability and validity of the STIS in a sample of social workers.

Main Methods:

Development of the Secondary Trauma Impact Scale (STIS), a six-item screening measure.
Secondary analysis of data from 577 master's-level social workers.
Evaluation of the STIS for reliability, factorial, convergent, and discriminant validity.

Main Results:

The STIS demonstrated strong reliability and validity.
Factorial, convergent, and discriminant validity were supported by the secondary analysis.
The scale effectively measures distress and impairment across social, occupational, familial, sexual, psychological, and physical domains.

Conclusions:

The STIS is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring distress and impairment related to secondary traumatic stress.
This scale will improve the estimation of STS prevalence, identification of risk factors, and evaluation of interventions.
The STIS provides a precise tool for social workers and organizations to understand and address the impact of secondary trauma.