Are parents at a higher risk for secondary traumatic stress?: How interviewing child victims impacts relationships with forensic interviewer’s friends and family |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Criminology, The University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA, 30118, United States;2. School of Social Sciences, Avila University, 11901 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO, 64145, United States;3. School of Arts & Sciences, University of Houston-Victoria, 3007 N. Ben Wilson, Victoria, TX, 77904, United States;1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Research Center for Child Development, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, China;2. Research Center for Child Development, College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, No.105 Xisan Huan Beilu, Beijing, 100048, China;1. Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, United States;2. Division of Public Health, Michigan State University, United States;3. Department of Psychology, University of Kansas- Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment;1. Psychiatry Unit, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago;2. Institute of Gender and Development Studies, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago;1. Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Health Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA, United States;2. Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States;3. Department of Forensic Medicine, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands;4. Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Richmond, Richmond, VA, United States;5. Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States;6. Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, United States;7. Department of Pediatrics, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT, United States;8. Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States;9. Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, United States |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundForensic interviewers are at a heightened risk for secondary traumatic stress (STS) due to their frequent interactions with victims of child maltreatment (Bonach & Heckert, 2012). To date, however, few studies have examined the negative effects of this work on interviewers’ social and emotional well-being.ObjectiveThe present study seeks to explore the effect of STS on the relationships of forensic interviewers, including those with friends, family, and their respective children.Participants and settingData are derived from a sample of 367 forensic interviewers (FIs) recruited from across the United States.MethodsThe current study used a cross-sectional research design to obtain qualitative and quantitative data from an online survey of certified forensic interviewers.ResultsPersonal-level predictors of STS included interviewers’ sex (β = 0.11, p = 0.02), trauma history (β = 0.13, p = 0.004), and frequency of socializing with family members outside of work (β = -0.12, p = 0.01). Work-related predictors included the frequency of direct (β = 0.10, p = 0.04) and indirect exposures to graphic details of child maltreatment (β = 0.09, p = 0.05), burnout (β = 0.58, p = 0.000), and years of experience investigating crimes against children (β = 0.10, p = 0.03). Factors such as parental status and external social support were not significantly associated with STS in the qualitative analysis.ConclusionsForensic interviewers experience both positive and negative effects of exposure to crimes against children, with work-related factors being particularly impactful on the potential for STS. |
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| Keywords: | Secondary traumatic stress Forensic interviewer Parental status External social support Burnout |
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