Title: What is Vicarious Trauma? | What is Vicarious Trauma? | OVC
Headings: What is Vicarious Trauma?
What is Vicarious Trauma?
What Happens to Those Exposed to Vicarious Trauma?
Who Is at Risk of Being Affected by Vicarious Trauma?
What Are Some Common Negative Reactions to Vicarious Trauma?
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Content: Such positive outcomes can motivate and, in turn, protect against the negative effects of trauma exposure. Who Is at Risk of Being Affected by Vicarious Trauma? Anyone working with survivors of trauma and violence is at risk of being negatively impacted by the varied effects of vicarious trauma. Factors that may make employees or volunteers more vulnerable to this occupational risk include—
prior traumatic experiences; social isolation, both on and off the job; a tendency to avoid feelings, withdraw, or assign blame to others in stressful situations; difficulty expressing feelings; lack of preparation, orientation, training, and supervision in their jobs; being newer employees and less experienced at their jobs; constant and intense exposure to trauma with little or no variation in work tasks;