2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a Japanese Measure of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Nurses: Factors Related to Secondary Traumatic Stress

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22653084
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	Niigata Seiryou University
Principal Investigator	WADA Yukiko 新潟青陵大学, 看護福祉心理学部, 助教 (20339948)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	HONMA Syoko 新潟青陵大学, 看護福祉心理学部, 教授 (50339941)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	二次的外傷性ストレス / 看護職者 / 尺度作成
Research Abstract	This study develops an objective measure of Japanese nurses’ handling of secondary traumatic stress to investigate its actual condition and related factors. The measure consisted of 20 items and three factors: “apathic,” “arousal /intrusive,” and “avoidant.” Factors possibly related to secondary traumatic stress included working conditions of nursing staff who cared for “patients in a critical condition that caused a traumatic response,” nurses’ past experience of being in a critical condition similar to that experienced by patients, nurses’ experience of workplace violence, and lack of social support from co-workers and supervisors in the workplace. To reduce secondary traumatic stress in nursing staff, it is necessary to implement institutional measures in consideration of these results.