Read this study about post-traumatic vicarious growth found in the Resources for Assessment below. In a 4 page, APA format paper, address the following:
Step 1: Before beginning the reading for this week’s assignment, list the most in your opinion, significant benefits and drawbacks to working in the field of trauma.
- Next, read the article and summarize the research article in your own words.
- What was the researcher’s hypothesis?
- What were the results of the study?
Step 2: Discuss the qualitative data presented in the article in the form of therapist interviews (p.248-252 of the article).
- Evaluate the clinicians’ descriptions of the positive and negative outcomes of doing trauma work.
- Discuss which, of any, of the positive outcomes surprised you.
Step 3: Personal reaction: Identify how you look at this subject matter differently after reading the research.
- Does your list from before you began reading still hold up given your new knowledge of the research?
- Did you feel that the study discussed in the research article did what it set out to do?
- Very briefly propose an idea for a follow up to this study that could expand our knowledge and intervention in this area.
Resources for Assessment:
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