Table 1 Pearson’s correlations, means, and standard deviations between study variables

1. Secondary traumatic stress

-

2. Intrusion

0.684***

-

3. Avoidance

0.899***

0.362**

-

4. Arousal

0.937***

0.542***

0.804***

-

5. Posttraumatic growth

−0.140

0.137

−0.332*

−.058

-

6. Appreciation of life

−.001

0.141

−0.157

.078

0.844***

-

7. New possibilities

−.045

0.253

−0.245

−.010

0.913***

0.744***

-

8. Personal strength

−0.120

0.145

−0.317*

−.033

0.922***

0.827***

0.834***

-

9. Spiritual/existential change

−0.185

.011

−0.326

−.088

0.931***

0.703***

0.801***

0.802***

-

10. Relating to others

−0.201

0.136

−0.396**

−0.137

0.924***

0.684***

0.803***

0.788***

0.842***

-

11. Burnout

0.661***

0.352**

0.633***

0.649***

−0.276*

−.071

−0.282*

−0.229

−0.317*

−0.284*

-

Mean

38.83

10.25

16.61

11.97

53.29

7.96

9.88

10.56

11.40

13.46

59.32

SD

9.31

2.78

4.42

3.67

26.32

4.27

4.93

4.83

7.60

7.23

17.76

α

0.87

0.96

0.90