FourC Occupational Trauma Resource List

This page lists the references for FourC Occupational Trauma, a four-session live training offered by the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children.

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References

• Aminihajibashi, S., Skar, A.-M. S., & Jensen, T. K. (2022). Professional wellbeing and turnover intention among child therapists: A comparison between therapists trained and untrained in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy. BMC Health Services Research, 22, Article 1328. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08670-3
• Beck, A. T. (2019). A 60-year evolution of cognitive theory and therapy. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14(1), 16–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691618804187
• Bovin, M. J., & Marx, B. P. (2011). The importance of the peritraumatic experience in defining traumatic stress. Psychological Bulletin, 137(1), 47–67. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021353
• Bride, B. E. (2007). Prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among social workers. Social Work, 52(1), 63–70. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/52.1.63
• Cieslak, R., Shoji, K., Luszczynska, A., Taylor, S., Rogala, A., & Benight, C. C. (2013). Secondary trauma self-efficacy: Concept and its measurement. Psychological Assessment, 25(3), 917–928. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032687
• Craig, C. D., & Sprang, G. (2010). Compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout in a national sample of trauma treatment therapists. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 23(3), 319–339. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615800903085818
• Deblinger, E., Pollio, E., Harrison, J. P., Cooper, B., Martelli, F. L., Schuler, N., & Steer, R. (2026). Refining the PRACTICE course for trauma professionals across organizational roles to enhance well-being and TF-CBT competency. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 19(1), 5–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-025-00787-x
• Ehlers, A., & Clark, D. M. (2000). A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38(4), 319–345. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00123-0
• Epstein, R. M., & Hundert, E. M. (2002). Defining and assessing professional competence. JAMA, 287(2), 226–235. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.287.2.226
• Gómez de La Cuesta, G., Schweizer, S., Diehle, J., Young, J., & Meiser-Stedman, R. (2019). The relationship between maladaptive appraisals and posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1), Article 1620084. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1620084
• Holt-Lunstad, J. (2024). Social connection as a critical factor for mental and physical health: Evidence, trends, challenges, and future implications. World Psychiatry, 23(3), 312–332. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21224
• Horan, K. A., Nakahara, W. H., DiStaso, M. J., & Jex, S. M. (2020). A review of the challenge-hindrance stress model: Recent advances, expanded paradigms, and recommendations for future research. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 560346. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.560346
• Liu, Y., Chen, F. X., Chiang, J. T.-J., Wang, Z., & Liu, H. (2022). Asking how to fish vs. asking for fish: Antecedents and outcomes of different types of help-seeking at work. Personnel Psychology, 75(3), 557–587. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12479
• Lowe, R., & Bennett, P. (2003). Exploring coping reactions to work-stress: Application of an appraisal theory. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 76(3), 393–400. https://doi.org/10.1348/096317903769647247
• Mathieu, F. (2012). The compassion fatigue workbook: Creative tools for transforming compassion fatigue and vicarious traumatization. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203803349
• Meyers, M. C., & van Woerkom, M. (2017). Effects of a strengths intervention on general and work-related well-being: The mediating role of positive affect. Journal of Happiness Studies, 18(3), 671–689. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9745-x
• Miglianico, M., Dubreuil, P., Miquelon, P., Bakker, A. B., & Martin-Krumm, C. (2020). Strength use in the workplace: A literature review. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(2), 737–764. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00095-w
• Norrman Harling, M., Högman, E., & Schad, E. (2020). Breaking the taboo: Eight Swedish clinical psychologists' experiences of compassion fatigue. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 15(1), Article 1785610. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2020.1785610
• Office of the U.S. Surgeon General. (2023). Our epidemic of loneliness and isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General's advisory on the healing effects of social connection and community. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf
• Qi, X., Wang, J., Liu, J., Amporfro, D. A., Wang, K., Liu, H., Shah, S., Wu, Q., & Hao, Y. (2022). Factors associated with peritraumatic stress symptoms among the frontline healthcare workers during the outbreak of COVID-19 in China. BMJ Open, 12(1), Article e047753. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047753
• Resick, P. A., Monson, C. M., & Chard, K. M. (2024). Cognitive processing therapy for PTSD: A comprehensive therapist manual (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.
• Rienks, S. L. (2020). An exploration of child welfare caseworkers' experience of secondary trauma and strategies for coping. Child Abuse & Neglect, 110(Part 3), Article 104355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104355
• Sprang, G., & Steckler, Z. (2023). Traumatic stress symptom expression following indirect exposure: A multidisciplinary investigation. Traumatology, 29(2), 224–232. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000386
• Strolin-Goltzman, J., Breslend, N., Hemenway Deaver, A., Wood, V., Woodside-Jiron, H., & Krompf, A. (2024). Moving beyond self-care: Exploring the protective influence of interprofessional collaboration, leadership, and competency on secondary traumatic stress. Traumatology, 30(1), 69–76. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000244
• Thompson, R. W., Arnkoff, D. B., & Glass, C. R. (2011). Conceptualizing mindfulness and acceptance as components of psychological resilience to trauma. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 12(4), 220–235. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838011416375
• Vance, M. C., Kovachy, B., Dong, M., & Bui, E. (2018). Peritraumatic distress: A review and synthesis of 15 years of research. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(9), 1457–1484. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22612
• Vukčević Marković, M., & Živanović, M. (2022). Coping with secondary traumatic stress. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), Article 12881. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912881
• Wu, P.-L. (2024). The impact of clinical practice stress on nursing professional competence among undergraduate nursing students: A cross-sectional study. Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 32(3), 206–214. https://doi.org/10.5152/FNJN.2024.24102
• Xu, L., Nilsson, A., Zhu, K., & Engström, M. (2025). Direct and indirect relationships between structural empowerment, professional competence, thriving at work and perceived stress symptoms: A cross-sectional correlational study on hospital nurses in a Chinese province. BMJ Open, 15(12), Article e100696. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100696
• Zakeri, M. A., Bazmandegan, G., Ganjeh, H., Zakeri, M., Mollaahmadi, S., Anbariyan, A., & Kamiab, Z. (2021). Is nurses' clinical competence associated with their compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary traumatic stress? A cross-sectional study. Nursing Open, 8(1), 354–363. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.636

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