Human rights advocates are routinely exposed to direct and secondary trauma. In addition, a growing body of research has found that trauma exposure in human rights work is associated with depression, burnout, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in human rights advocates. Despite the potential mental health risks associated with advocacy, little is known about the ways in which organizational and individual factors contribute to mental health symptoms, such as PTSD, in this population. Human rights advocates (N = 346) completed an online survey assessing access to psychological services, perceived organizational encouragement of support seeking, occupation-related appraisals, and symptoms of PTSD. Structural equation modeling revealed an indirect association between access to psychological services and lower levels of PTSD through perceived organizational encouragement of support seeking and less negative occupation-related appraisals. This study is the first to demonstrate that access to mental health support in human rights organizations may contribute to a reduction in PTSD symptoms when advocates feel a sense of efficacy and support from their organization to seek help. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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创伤后压力症状和人权倡导者中获得服务的机会：组织鼓励寻求支持和与职业有关的评估的中介作用。

人权倡导者经常受到直接和间接的伤害。此外，越来越多的研究发现，人权倡导者认为，人权工作中的创伤暴露与抑郁，倦怠和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）有关。尽管与倡导有关的潜在心理健康风险，但对于该人群中组织因素和个人因素如何导致心理健康症状（如PTSD）知之甚少。人权倡导者（N = 346）完成了一项在线调查，评估获得心理服务的机会，对组织寻求支持的鼓励，与职业相关的评估以及创伤后应激障碍的症状。结构方程模型显示，通过感知上的组织鼓励寻求支持和较少负面职业相关的评估，获得心理服务和降低PTSD水平之间存在间接联系。这项研究首次证明，当倡导者感到其组织寻求帮助的功效和支持感时，在人权组织中获得心理健康支持可能有助于减少PTSD症状。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。这项研究首次证明，当倡导者感到其组织寻求帮助的功效和支持感时，在人权组织中获得心理健康支持可能有助于减少PTSD症状。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。这项研究首次证明，当倡导者感到其组织寻求帮助的功效和支持感时，在人权组织中获得心理健康支持可能有助于减少PTSD症状。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。