Compassion fatigue and psychological distress among social workers: a validation study.

By R. Adams, J. Boscarino, Charles R. Figley. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Carolyn Knight
2. M. Radey
3. Charles R. Figley
4. C. Harr
5. B. Moore
6. G. Kinman
7. Louise Grant
8. Brian E Bride

In General Health Professions

1. Carolyn Knight
2. G. Kinman
3. Joan Berzoff
4. Elizabeth Kita
5. Louise Grant
6. Carol Tosone
7. C. Harr
8. B. Moore

Citations in the corpus

• Measuring Compassion Fatigue (2007, methodology): “In addition, Adams et al. (2006) present convincing evidence for factor, concurrent, and predictive validity of the CF-Short Scale.”
• Emotional Resilience in the Helping Professions and how it can be Enhanced (2014, background): “Moreover, secondary trauma and compassion fatigue are commonly found amongst helping professionals (Adams et al. 2006).”
• Trauma-Informed Social Work Practice: Practice Considerations and Challenges (2015, background): “Workers also are at risk of being indirectly traumatized through their work with survivors (Adams et al. 2006; Knight 2009, 2013; Harr and Moore 2011; Thomas and Wilson 2004).”
• Intervention in a Shared Traumatic Reality: A New Challenge for Social Workers (2010, background): “A similar trend was found among social workers in times of war (Lev-Wiesel et al., 2008) and following 9/11 (Adams et al., 2006, 2008).”
• Compassion Fatigue Among Social Work Students in Field Placements (2011, background): “Compassion fatigue often is conceptualized within a stress process framework that focuses on the physiological (alterations in hormonal and neuroendocrine systems) and psychological (cognitive functioning) reactions of individuals to stressors in their life (Adams et al., 2006; Boscarino, 2004; Pear”
• Shared Traumatic Stress among Social Workers in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2015, background): “This dynamic has commonly been referred to as compassion fatigue/secondary trauma (Figley, 1995; Boscarino et al., 2004; Adams et al., 2006) or vicarious traumatisation (McCann and Pearlman, 1990; Pearlman and Mac Ian, 1995).”
• Using Resilience to Reconceptualise Child Protection Workforce Capacity (2009, background): “In the main, research into conditions of adversity has been quantitative in nature, deficit-based, and developed from the perspective of psychopathology (Adams, Boscarino, & Figley, 2006 ; Dunkley & Whelan, 2006 ; Linley & Joseph, 2005 ).”
• Mindfulness, Self-Care, and Wellness in Social Work: Effects of Contemplative Training (2011, neutral): “…experiencing vicarious trauma or compassion fatigue has limited ability to express empathy, has overwhelming feelings of despair and is unable to be sufficiently emotionally available to his / her clients (Adams et al., 2006; Bride et al., 2007; Collins & Murray, 1996; Fahy, 2007; Fox, 2003).”
• Compassion Fatigue and Countertransference: Two Different Concepts (2010, background): “The clinician’s overexposure is cumulative and takes place over extended periods of time (Adams et al. 2006; Figley 1995; Friedman 1996).”