Stress responses to secondary trauma: Compassion fatigue and anticipatory traumatic reaction among youth workers

Trauma can have far reaching effects – even for those who experience it indirectly. Compassion fatigue, which often occurs for caring professionals who provide support for traumatized individuals, involves symptoms of secondary traumatic stress and job burnout. Anticipatory traumatic reaction is a future-focused form of distress arising from media reports and social discussions of disasters and large-scale negative events. The current study...