Secondary traumatic stress and vicarious posttraumatic growth among Australian and Malaysi

De-identified survey data examines secondary traumatic stress and vicarious posttraumatic growth among legal professionals exposed to indirect trauma. The dataset includes measures of trauma exposure frequency, stress, growth, and coping strategies like problem-focused, emotion-focused, and avoidant coping. Data were collected via an online survey and are shared under a CC-BY-NC-4.0 license by author Qian Yi Lee.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between indirect trauma exposure frequency and secondary traumatic stress scores.
• Analyzing the correlation between different coping strategies (problem-focused, emotion-focused, avoidant) and vicarious posttraumatic growth.
• Comparing secondary traumatic stress outcomes across different professional demographics or jurisdictions (Australia vs. Malaysia).

Strengths

• Includes multiple psychological constructs: secondary traumatic stress, vicarious posttraumatic growth, and three distinct coping strategies.
• Data are de-identified to protect participant confidentiality.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Access may be restricted due to ethical and privacy considerations, requiring contact with the author.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Collected via an online survey.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 05:32:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia and Malaysia