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Secondary Trauma in Children and School Personnel

Secondary Trauma in Children and School Personnel

Robert Motta
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781799803195|ISBN10: 1799803198|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799803201|EISBN13: 9781799803218
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0319-5.ch004
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Motta, Robert. "Secondary Trauma in Children and School Personnel." Addressing Multicultural Needs in School Guidance and Counseling, edited by Simon George Taukeni, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 65-81. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0319-5.ch004

APA

Motta, R. (2020). Secondary Trauma in Children and School Personnel. In S. Taukeni (Ed.), Addressing Multicultural Needs in School Guidance and Counseling (pp. 65-81). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0319-5.ch004

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Motta, Robert. "Secondary Trauma in Children and School Personnel." In Addressing Multicultural Needs in School Guidance and Counseling, edited by Simon George Taukeni, 65-81. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0319-5.ch004

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Abstract

A review of childhood secondary trauma is presented. Secondary trauma involves the transfer and acquisition of negative affective and dysfunctional cognitive states due to prolonged and extended contact with others, such as family members, who have been traumatized. As such, secondary trauma refers to a spread of trauma reactions from the victim to those who have close contact with the traumatized individual. Assessment devices are reviewed and most of these appear to be designed to assess secondary or vicarious traumatization in therapists rather than in the general population of adults. The majority of scales lack cutoff scores and this is a significant weakness. The modified Stroop procedure is presented as non-paper and pencil method of assessing secondary trauma reactions. The evaluation of the efficacy of therapeutic interventions for secondary traumatization is virtually non-existent. Systematic studies of secondary trauma are in their infancy and a good deal of further research is needed.

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