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.