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200195 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.200195 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-05 49 pages Furr-Johnson, Sage Pizarro, Jesenia Wachter, Karin AbiNader, Millan Barrett, The Honors College School of Criminology and Criminal Justice School of Social Work Professionals with frequent exposure to trauma from reading about or speaking with survivors are prone to experiencing second-hand trauma, also referred to as vicarious trauma. Because of the prevalence of second-hand trauma among professionals in the domestic violence field, the research question we aim to address is: how are domestic violence service providers in Arizona experiencing vicarious trauma? We used snowball and purposive sampling to gather survey data from 128 respondents, 86 of which were eligible for the study. To answer our exploratory question, we ran descriptive analyses of the participant responses and found our results supported the cognitive schema disruptions and memory changes hypothesized by McCann and Pearlman in their 1990 study. Additionally, we found Arizonan providers were more likely to report experiencing a schema disruption than a memory change and more likely to report experiencing vicarious resilience than traumatization from this work. Although there are a few limitations, the preliminary findings of this study can direct further research into analyzing vicarious trauma by type of profession within the domestic violence field and guide organizational leadership in ways to both normalize vicarious traumatization and support their employees experiencing vicarious trauma to prevent burnout. Domestic Violence Vicarious Traumatization Vicarious Resilience Risk Factors Protective Factors Secondary Traumatic Stress Cognitive Schemas Burnout Assessing Vicarious Traumatization Among Domestic Violence Service Providers