TY - JOUR
T1 - Child protection workers dealing with child abuse
T2 - The contribution of personal, social and organizational resources to secondary traumatization
AU - Dagan, Shlomit Weiss
AU - Ben-Porat, Anat
AU - Itzhaky, Haya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - The present study compared secondary traumatization among child protection social workers versus social workers employed at social service departments. In addition, based on Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, the study examined the contribution of working in the field of child protection as well as the contribution of background variables, personal resources (mastery), and resources in the workers' social and organizational environment (social support, effectiveness of supervision, and role stress) to secondary traumatization. The findings indicate that levels of mastery and years of work experience contributed negatively to secondary traumatization, whereas exposure to child maltreatment, trauma history, and role stress contributed positively to secondary traumatization. However, no significant contribution was found for social support and effectiveness of supervision. The study identifies factors that can prevent distress among professionals such as child protection workers, who are exposed to the trauma of child abuse victims. Recommendations are provided accordingly.
AB - The present study compared secondary traumatization among child protection social workers versus social workers employed at social service departments. In addition, based on Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, the study examined the contribution of working in the field of child protection as well as the contribution of background variables, personal resources (mastery), and resources in the workers' social and organizational environment (social support, effectiveness of supervision, and role stress) to secondary traumatization. The findings indicate that levels of mastery and years of work experience contributed negatively to secondary traumatization, whereas exposure to child maltreatment, trauma history, and role stress contributed positively to secondary traumatization. However, no significant contribution was found for social support and effectiveness of supervision. The study identifies factors that can prevent distress among professionals such as child protection workers, who are exposed to the trauma of child abuse victims. Recommendations are provided accordingly.
KW - Child abuse
KW - Child protection workers
KW - Conservation of resources theory
KW - Secondary traumatization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84952861471&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.008
DO - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.008
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C2 - 26549769
SN - 0145-2134
VL - 51
SP - 203
EP - 211
JO - Child Abuse and Neglect
JF - Child Abuse and Neglect
ER -