@article{ref1,
title="Impact on therapists working with sex offenders: a systematic review of gender findings",
journal="Trauma, violence, and abuse",
year="2018",
author="Baum, Nehami and Moyal, Shomron",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1524838018756120-1524838018756120",
abstract="Although there is a great deal of literature about the distress of therapists who work with sex offenders, little is known about possible gender differences in their distress. The article presents a systematic review and small-scale meta-analysis that address two questions: whether one gender is more susceptible than the other to the adverse effects of treating sex offenders and whether their distress is manifested similarly or differently. <br><br>FINDINGS of 36 measures of association reported in 10 eligible studies with a total of 1,754 sex offender therapists (785 males) indicate that males are somewhat more vulnerable to the adverse effects of treating sex offenders ( d =.204, p =.002). Moderator analysis indicates that male therapists show similar levels of burnout and disruption of sexual life as their female counterparts, but a significantly higher level of vicarious traumatization ( d =.365, p <.001). These findings challenge Farrenkopf's well-known claim that female therapists who work with sex offenders are more prone to experiencing adverse emotional reactions than their male counterparts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1524-8380",
doi="10.1177/1524838018756120",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524838018756120"
}