Using Constructivist Self-Development Theory to Understand Judges' Reactions to a Courthouse Shooting: An Exploratory Study

Miller, Monica K.; Flores, David; Pitcher, Brittany J.

doi:10.1080/13218710902930309

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“…Not surprisingly, VT and the secondary trauma component of CF were the most commonly found types of stress, possibly because they most closely relate to the wording of the question as it was presented. Each stress theory was still present, though, if only in a very small portion of comments, which comports with previous research (Flores et al., 2008‐9; Jaffe et al., ; Miller et al., ). These findings would suggest that judges—like emergency workers, therapists, and counselors—are a group of professionals that experience various types of secondary stress and trauma from their occupation.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Lastly, control refers to a desire to be in charge of oneself, the situation, or others—or the feeling of being out of control (McCann & Pearlman, ; Saakvitne et al., ). Stressful or traumatic experiences could potentially threaten one or more of the CSDT needs which might result in disturbances to a person's self‐developed reality (Miller et al., ).…”

Section: Judicial Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Judges are susceptible to threats to CSDT needs. One study found support for the disruption of all five CSDT needs (i.e., safety, trust, esteem, intimacy, and control) in a group of nine judges who had experienced the shooting of a fellow judge (Miller et al., ). Specifically, judges experienced disruptions in needs.…”

Section: Judicial Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, judges experienced disruptions in needs. Most commonly, eight of the nine judges experienced disruptions in safety whereas only five of the nine judges experienced intimacy disruptions (Miller et al., ). Although higher rates of threats to safety might be expected after a co‐worker is shot, threats to the other four CSDT needs consistently appeared; specifically, all five needs were found to be disrupted in more than 50% of the nine‐judge sample.…”

Section: Judicial Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most studies examining judicial stress (e.g., Lustig et al., ; Miller, Edwards, Reichert, & Bornstein, ; Miller, Reichert, Bornstein, & Shulman, ), have used pre‐developed survey‐type measures developed for a broad population (for interview‐type methods, see Chamberlain & Miller, ; Miller, Flores, & Pitcher, ). The current study used a new methodology: asking judges a simple yes or no question and allowing them to elaborate as they see fit.…”

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An Assessment of Judges’ Self‐Reported Experiences of Secondary Traumatic Stress

Edwards¹,

Miller²

2019

Juvenile Family Court J

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Many judges experience occupation‐specific stress, such as secondary traumatic stress (STS), burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious traumatization. A content analysis of 762 judges’ open‐ended responses to a survey asking whether they had suffered from STS revealed that judges moderately experienced most types of stress. Some case types (e.g., family court) and some job aspects (e.g., gruesome evidence) were particularly stressful. Judges reported both positive (e.g., social support) and negative (e.g., distractions) coping mechanisms. Interventions should be tailored to judges’ characteristics, (e.g., gender), job (e.g., family court), beliefs (e.g., that STS does not exist), and level of distress.

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Section: Judicial Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Judicial Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Judicial Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Assessment of Judges’ Self‐Reported Experiences of Secondary Traumatic Stress

Edwards¹,

Miller²

2019

Juvenile Family Court J

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Judicial stress: the roles of gender and social support

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Bornstein

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Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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Because judges experience a myriad of occupational stressors, they are at risk of experiencing secondary trauma, burnout, negative mental/physical health, poor job performance and low job satisfaction. These experiences might not be uniform, however, as gender and social support might mitigate such stress-related outcomes. Judges from two states in the United States completed a variety of stress and subjective performance measures. Social support was related to less perceived stress, less burnout, and more job satisfaction, but only for males. This suggests that males and females might receive qualitatively different types of social support. Different types of social support could differ in their ability to buffer judges from these stress-related outcomes. Further, among judges with high social support, females scored higher than males on subjective job performance; the opposite pattern occurred for judges with low social support. Thus, a lack of social support appears to have a negative effect on performance self-appraisals but only for females. Results have implications for the psychological study of stress and for programs designed to reduce judges' stress.

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