Identifying child protection workers at risk for secondary traumatization: A latent class analysis of the Professional Quality of Life Scale-5.

ABSTRACT: Secondary traumatization (ST) is a topical area among trauma-exposed employees, where many are at risk of occupational mental health problems due to their work with trauma survivors. Challenges related to the accurate operationalization of ST symptoms persist, and there is no valid method for identifying employees at risk of clinically significant symptom levels. This study aimed to test the applicability of latent class analysis (LCA) to identify employees at risk for clinically relevant ST symptoms. LCA was used to identify patterns of ST symptom endorsement using the Professional Quality of Life Scale-5 (ProQoL) in a national sample of Danish child protection workers (CPW; N = 545). Predictors and associated levels of distress and functional impairment across the symptom presentations w

SUBMITTER: Vang ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087244 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature