Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Social worker is a profession with an increased risk of being exposed to threat and violence on the workplace. In this study we investigated the occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of 60 social workers. We also investigated the types and frequency of threats exposed by this group and whether social workers with varying levels of PTSD symptoms reported significantly higher levels of exposure to traumatic situations and significantly higher levels of awareness of attention towards threat. The results showed that 13.3 percent of the sample had levels of PTSD symptoms requiring varying levels of health care and that participant’s with symptoms of PTSD reported a significantly higher level of exposure to traumatic situations and also a significantly higher levels of awareness of attention toward threat.
Authors: Frida Jakobsson, Kristina Nilsson
Language: Swedish
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1718205657