Predictors of secondary traumatization of social workers employed in Centres for Social Welfare

Cilj ovog rada bio je istražiti prediktore sekundarne traumatizacije kod socijalnih radnika zaposlenih u Centrima za socijalnu skrb na području Republike Hrvatske. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 106 socijalnih radnika zaposlenih na različitim odjelima Centara za socijalnu skrb. Rezultati su pokazali kako je sekundarna traumatizacija zastupljena među socijalnim radnicima i kako postoje razlike u stupnju anksioznosti, sekundarne traumatizacije i stupnju dobrobiti između socijalnih radnika koji su doživjeli iskustvo traume u odnosu na one koji to nisu. Kao prediktori sekundarne traumatizacije se pokazalo radno vrijeme provedeno baveći se traumama korisnika i stupanj osobne brige o sebi. Doživljena trauma, stupanj otpornosti, profesionalna briga o sebi i percipirana socijalna podrška se nisu pokazali kao prediktori sekundarne traumatizacije u ovom istraživanju.The aim of this paper was to investigate the predictors of secondary traumatization among social workers employed in Centres for Social Welfare in the Republic of Croatia. 106 social workers employed in different departments of the Centres for Social Welfare participated in the research. The results showed that secondary traumatization is present among social workers, and that there are differences in the level of anxiety, secondary traumatization, and the level of well-being between social workers who have experienced trauma compared to those who have not. As predictors of secondary traumatization, the working time spent dealing with the user's traumas and the level of personal self-care were indicated. Experienced trauma, level of resilience, professional self-care and perceived social support did not appear as predictors of secondary traumatization in this research