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The perceived burden of working with traumatized youth: construction andpsychometric investigation of the Trauma Professionals’ Burden Scale (TPBS)

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Background: It is assumed that providing trauma-informed care for children and adolescentsis a major challenge for professionals in child and youth welfare, psychiatric clinics andpsychotherapy practices, yet studies are scarce. This is partly due to the fact that validinstruments that capture the specific stress caused by working with traumatized youths aremissing. Our study aims to present the construction and results of the psychometricinvestigation of a scale that addresses the concerns, strains and needs of professionals, theTrauma Professionals’ Burden Scale (TPBS).Methods: In our cross-sectional survey with youth psychotherapists, welfare professionals andpsychiatric care staff (N = 834), the psychometric properties of the TPBS were examined usingstandard item and reliability analyses, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factoranalysis (CFA). Convergent validity was assessed by testing the hypothesis that two TPBSsubscales show high positive correlations with two established scales.Results: After deletion of eleven items, the remaining items of the TPBS show gooddiscriminatory power, allowing to discriminate between participants with high or low scores,and high factor loadings. CFA results indicate fair model fit (RMSEA = .081, CFI = .81). Internalconsistencies of the subscales range from ω = .76 to ω = .89. The expected correlations withthe established scales are confirmed. A six-item short scale was created, showing excellentmodel fit (RMSEA = .047, CFI = .99) and good internal consistency (ω = .88).Conclusions: Although further validating research is required, the present study supports thepsychometric validity of the TPBS enabling to assess professionals’ stress associated withproviding trauma-informed care for youth.

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Is version of: https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.247008
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https://doi.org/10.17192/openumr/705
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Taylor & Francis
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Professional stresssecondary traumatic stressmental health carescaleconstructionchild trauma
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
Project Information:Gefördert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der UB Marburg.
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Fuchs, Josephine Maya; Szota, Katharina; Christiansen, Hanna; van der Meer, Anna Swantje: The perceived burden of working with traumatized youth: construction andpsychometric investigation of the Trauma Professionals’ Burden Scale (TPBS). In: European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2025, Vol. 16, No.. 1, 2470087, Jg. (), . DOI: https://doi.org/10.17192/openumr/705.

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