The relationship between dispositional empathy, psychological distress, and posttraumatic stress responses among Japanese uniformed disaster workers: a cross-sectional study

The relationship between dispositional empathy, psychological distress, and posttraumatic stress responses among Japanese uniformed disaster workers: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Disaster workers suffer from psychological distress not only through the direct experience of traumatic situations but also through the indirect process of aiding disaster victims. This distress, called secondary traumatic stress, is linked to dispositional empathy, which is the...

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Main Authors: Masanori Nagamine, Jun Shigemura, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Fumiko Waki, Masaaki Tanichi, Taku Saito, Hiroyuki Toda, Aihide Yoshino, Kunio Shimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Disaster workers
Empathy
Interpersonal reactivity index
Identification
Secondary traumatic stress
Posttraumatic stress response
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-018-1915-4

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