@article{ref1,
title="Emotional responses of staff to assault in a pediatric state hospital",
journal="The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law",
year="2008",
author="Ryan, Eileen P. and Aaron, Jeffrey and Burnette, Mandi L. and Warren, Jane and Burket, Roger and Aaron, Theresa",
volume="36",
number="3",
pages="360-368",
abstract="In this study, we examined the emotional responses of staff to patient-on-staff assault at a state inpatient psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents. Staff (n = 93) completed self-report measures assessing general psychiatric functioning and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Staff assaulted by patients in the past six months (n = 59) were compared with those who had not been assaulted (n = 34). Direct-care staff were more likely to be assaulted than were other staff. Assaulted staff were more likely to report prior nonsexual assault by a stranger, higher anxiety, more somatic concerns, greater vulnerability and lack of control, and higher levels of impairment at work and were more likely to consider terminating employment than were non-assaulted staff. Our cross-sectional data suggest several differences in assaulted versus non-assaulted staff. Further studies are needed to determine whether differences in anxiety and traumatic events precede assaults or represent antecedent risk factors for being assaulted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1093-6793",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}