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indirect

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Words related to vicarious

experienced at secondhand

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occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function

suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another

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"The real question in this case is, is the corporation capable of being a vicarious witness?"
Apart from all that you get vicarious trauma through the narratives.
In recent years, case law has dramatically expanded the scope of vicarious liability in the employment law landscape, causing despair and uncertainty amongst employers.
This article offers a comprehensive summary of VR, including its origins, its relationship with vicarious trauma (VT), resilience and the contexts that articulated and gave meaning to such experiences, namely, the torture survivors' movement in the U.S.
Stress results from being in situations, real or vicarious, that are scary, life-threatening, or seemingly out of your control.
An estimated 65% of clinicians experiencing vicarious trauma deal with it alone, experiencing difficulty sleeping, flashbacks, a loss of confidence in their professional abilities, dread, overwhelming grief, burnout, and depression.
Vicarious traumatization occurs when counselors engage with clients who have been traumatized and results in a transformation within the counselor that disrupts and potentially alters the counselor's view of their self as competent, of others as trustworthy, and of the world as a safe place (McCann & Pearlman, 1990; Pearlman & Saakvitne, 1995; Williams et al., 2012).
She thus explicitly establishes her claim to the position of vicarious victim as the defining feature of her secular, post-Holocaust Jewish identity by creating a line of association between her own mother, who survived Holocaust persecution in England, Felice Schragenheim, who was not only persecuted but, presumably, also murdered in the Third Reich, and herself, despite the fact that she has no ties to Schragenheim beyond their Jewish identity.
What's more I've done all these things, Without actually being there, Because my vicarious travel branch, Can transport me anywhere.
Vicarious trauma defined as a "transformation in self that a trauma worker or helper experiences from empathetic engagement with traumatized clients and their reports of traumatic experiences; its hallmark is disrupted spirituality, or disruption in the trauma worker's perceived meaning and hope." (2) With higher-risk/higher need clients being found in the system, the frequency and severity of engagement with trauma has become a daily experience for many correctional staff.
There's a lot of vicarious pleasure in living the history of the guns with their owners.
Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue are now seen as "the Cost of Caring" for these dedicated people in direct care.
Abstract This study analyzes the potential moderating effect of vicarious experience on the negative influence of psychic distance stimuli on foreign direct investment.
The girls work as digital stunt girls, where they engage in dangerous or enticing activities while recording their neurological impulses for Vicarious Sensory Experiences, or ViSE, Gideon's business.