Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University.
Department of Psychology.
Psychol Trauma. 2019 Jan;11(1):10-18. doi: 10.1037/tra0000414. Epub 2018 Oct 22.
There is a substantial body of research that indicates that professionals treating traumatized clients or patients may suffer from burnout, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, or secondary traumatic stress and that those who are most empathic are most vulnerable. However, there is limited research on the effects of participant trauma on trauma researchers. This is the focus of the current study.
Drawing on case illustrations from a large trauma-related study, we demonstrate the effects of participant trauma on trauma interviewers.
The experiences of fieldworkers in this study often mirror the syndromes found among "flooded" therapists, suggesting that it is the listening, and not so much the purpose for which one is listening, that can result in trauma-by-proxy.
Recommendations: Ethics applications should include a provision for the proper care for trauma researchers, who may, without support, develop symptoms of secondary traumatic stress. Training and regular supervision should become a mandatory part of trauma research practice, and if trauma levels are high, the principal researcher may need to invite a trauma counselor to do debriefing. In contexts where trauma levels are as high as in South Africa, fieldworkers are entitled to debriefing by an appropriately trained professional. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
有大量研究表明，治疗创伤客户或患者的专业人员可能会遭受倦怠、同情疲劳、替代性创伤或继发性创伤后应激，而那些最有同理心的人最容易受到伤害。然而，关于参与者创伤对创伤研究人员的影响的研究有限。这是当前研究的重点。
本研究借鉴了一项大型创伤相关研究中的案例说明，展示了参与者创伤对创伤访谈者的影响。
本研究中实地工作者的经历常常反映了“淹没”治疗师中发现的综合征，这表明导致代理创伤的是倾听，而不是倾听的目的。
建议：伦理申请应包括为可能在没有支持的情况下出现继发性创伤后应激症状的创伤研究人员提供适当护理的规定。培训和定期监督应成为创伤研究实践的强制性部分，如果创伤水平很高，主要研究人员可能需要邀请创伤顾问进行汇报。在像南非这样创伤水平如此高的情况下，实地工作者有权接受经过适当培训的专业人员的汇报。（APA，2018 版权所有）。
