Psychological Trauma in Clinical Practice and Research: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis

Incorporating compassion into compassion fatigue: The development of a new scale

“…The term was first used by Figley (1995) to describe the assumption that being indirectly exposed to traumatic events, for example through caring for a traumatized person and learning about their experience, can cause severe negative effects on carers’ well‐being. There is an ongoing debate concerning the exact definition of a traumatic event, but a recent concept analysis suggests that the definition of trauma consists of three attributions: death, serious injury, and sexual violence (Montagner et al, 2019). How one perceives the event and what consequences it brings to a person's everyday life are thought to play an important part in whether a traumatic event actually results in the affected person being traumatized (Montagner et al, 2019).…”

“…There is an ongoing debate concerning the exact definition of a traumatic event, but a recent concept analysis suggests that the definition of trauma consists of three attributions: death, serious injury, and sexual violence (Montagner et al, 2019). How one perceives the event and what consequences it brings to a person's everyday life are thought to play an important part in whether a traumatic event actually results in the affected person being traumatized (Montagner et al, 2019).…”