@article{ref1,
title="Resident assistant secondary trauma and burnout associated with student nonsuicidal self-injury",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2019",
author="McCarthy, Katherine",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-5",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine whether or not encountering students struggling with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) put resident assistants (RAs) at greater risk of burnout or secondary traumatic stress. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and fifty-five RAs at three Midwest public university campuses between March and April 2016. <br><br>METHODS: RAs participated in an anonymous online survey that collected demographics, information on RAs' experiences and thoughts related to their work, RAs' exposure to NSSI struggle of a resident, and measurements of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. <br><br>RESULTS: RAs who encountered resident NSSI demonstrated significantly higher levels of burnout and secondary traumatic stress than RAs who did not encounter resident NSSI. <br><br>CONCLUSION: College students struggle with NSSI can significantly affect the people around them. Residence life administration and college counseling centers should provide training, support, and supervision to RAs in a way that addresses and reduces the RAs' potential distress.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2019.1590374",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1590374"
}