| Title: |
Does Where You Work and What You Do Matter? Testing the Role of Organizational Context and Job Type for Future Study of Occupation-Based Secondary Trauma Intervention Development |
| Authors: |
Knight, Kelly E.; Ellis, Colter; Miller, Tristan; Neu, Joshua; Helfrich, Leah |
| Publisher Information: |
Sage Journals |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
Montana State University (MSU): ScholarWorks |
| Subject Terms: |
secondary traumatic stress; post-traumatic stress disorder; burnout; adverse childhood experiences; workplace trauma exposure; victim services |
| Description: |
Copyright The Authors 2023 ; Organizational context (e.g., criminal justice, community-based, and healthcare) and job type (e.g., police, social workers, and healthcare providers) may impact the extent of occupation-based secondary trauma (OBST). Survey data collected from a multiphase community-based participatory research project were analyzed from a variety of professionals, who were likely to “encounter the consequences of traumatic events as part of their professional responsibilities” (n = 391, women = 55%, White = 92%). Results document high trauma exposure (adverse childhood experiences [ACEs] and workplace) and OBST-related outcomes (Maslach Burnout Inventory, Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, post-traumatic stress disorder symptom checklist for DSM-5) for the entire sample with important differences across organizational context and job type. Using multivariate regression, the strongest determinants of suffering, however, were not related to a provider’s specific profession but to their number of years on the job and their ACEs (e.g., adjusted R2 = 0.23, b = 2.01, p < .001). Likewise, the most protective factors were not profession specific but rather the provider’s age and perceived effectiveness of OBST-related training (e.g., b = 2.26, p < .001). These findings inform intervention development and have implications for rural and other often under-resourced areas, where the same OBST-related intervention could potentially serve many different types of providers and organizations. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1552-6518 |
| Relation: |
Knight, K. E., Ellis, C., Miller, T., Neu, J., & Helfrich, L. (2023). Does Where You Work and What You Do Matter? Testing the Role of Organizational Context and Job Type for Future Study of Occupation-Based Secondary Trauma Intervention Development. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231211927; https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/18249 |
| Availability: |
https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/18249 |
| Rights: |
cc-by-nc ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.8DCE97D9 |
| Database: |
BASE |