Secondary traumatic stress (STS) is an indirect form of trauma affecting the psychological well-being of mental health workers. This study examined STS and related factors of empathetic behavior and trauma caseload among a purposive sample of 190 social workers and psychologists. Participants completed an online questionnaire comprising demographics, the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, and the Empathy Scale for Social Workers. A moderated moderation model was used to evaluate the hypothesized relationship between the amount of trauma in clinician caseload and STS, as moderated by empathy and personal trauma history. Approximately 30 percent of participants met the criteria for a diagnosis of STS. Results indicated that although caseload trauma was not an independent predictor of STS, there was a significant interaction between caseload trauma and personal trauma history on STS. Similarly, empathy alone was not directly related to changes in STS, yet the trauma in caseload effect on STS was moderated by empathy, and that relationship was moderated by personal trauma history. This overall effect was shown to significantly predict STS. The current study highlights the importance of developing evidence-based risk strategies for mental health workers working in the area of trauma and at risk of developing symptoms of STS.

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澳大利亚社会工作者和心理学家的继发​​性创伤压力及相关因素。

继发性创伤压力（STS）是一种间接的创伤形式，会影响精神卫生工作者的心理健康。这项研究在190名社会工作者和心理学家的有针对性的样本中检查了STS和移情行为和创伤病例量的相关因素。参与者完成了一个在线调查表，其中包括人口统计学，二级创伤压力量表和社会工作者的共情量表。使用适度的调节模型来评估由移情和个人创伤史所调节的临床病例负荷量与STS之间的假想关系。大约30％的参与者符合诊断STS的标准。结果表明，尽管病例负荷创伤不是STS的独立预测因素，在STS上，病案创伤与个人创伤史之间存在显着的相互作用。同样，移情与STS的变化并不直接相关，但移情减轻了对STS的工作量影响，而个人的创伤史则减轻了这种关系。该总体效果显示出可显着预测STS。当前的研究强调了为在创伤领域和有发展为STS症状风险的精神卫生工作者制定基于证据的风险策略的重要性。