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Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Domestic Violence Advocates: Workplace Risk and Protective Factors

Berklee College of Music, Boston, sslattery{at}berklee.edu

Lisa A. Goodman

Boston College, Chestnut Hill

This study identified workplace factors associated with secondary traumatic stress (STS) in a sample of 148 domestic violence advocates working in diverse settings. Findings indicate that coworker support and quality clinical supervision are critical to emotional well-being and that an environment in which there is shared power—that is, respect for diversity, mutuality, and consensual decision making—provides better protection for advocates than more traditional, hierarchical organizational models. Furthermore, shared power emerged as the only workplace variable to significantly predict STS above and beyond individual factors. The discussion includes implications for practice and policy as well as directions for future research.

Key Words: domestic violence • secondary traumatic stress • workplace

Violence Against Women, Vol. 15, No. 11, 1358-1379 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209347469


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