Investigating secondary traumatisation and burn-out among professionals working with survivors of child-abuse

Project title

Investigating secondary traumatisation and burn-out among professionals working with survivors of child-abuse

Project manager

Maria Louison Vang

Project description

International studies show that professionals working with survivors of child-abuse are at high risk for experiencing secondary traumatic stress and burn-out. Knowledge is lacking in a Danish context and in terms of what factors that influence the development of these experiences. This project is an industrial PhD undertaken in collaboration with Children Center South under CONTEXT. The purpose is to identify risk-profiles for the development of secondary trauma and burn-out. These profiles will inform recommendations to reduce secondary traumatisation and burn-out among professionals working with survivors of child-abuse.

Start date and expected end date

2017-2020

Main supervisor

Professor Mark Shevlin from Ulster Universitet (Associate Professor at the National Centre of Psychotraumatology, Psychology Department, SDU)

Co-supervisors

Maj Hansen, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, SDU;
Lane Lund and Ditte Askerod, management team at Børnehus Syd

The project is carried out under

National Centre of Psychotraumatology and THRIVE Research Groups

Collaborators

Børnehus Syd and Ulster University

Funding

EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 722523

Keywords

secondary traumatisation, burn-out, professionals working with survivors of child-abuse, risk-profiles