Abstract
High turnover rates among Australian child protection caseworkers are prevalent, and decrease the quality and availability of crucial services for children in need (ACOSS, 2014). Vicarious traumatisation (VT) as a result of repeated exposure to others’ trauma is a possible explanation for high turnover in helping professions, and involves adverse changes to cognitive schemas and emotional experience, resembling PTSD. VT may be moderated by benefits of trauma-related work, in the form of Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth (VPTG). Quantitative and qualitative methods are employed to examine the relationship between positive and negative effects of work with trauma clients, and assess the validity of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) in this population. Quantitative analysis found no significant linear or curvilinear relationship between VT and VPTG, and qualitative results support the idea that the PTGI is applicable in a vicarious context, with some exceptions. Recommendations for modification of the PTGI are discussed.
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