McCarthy, Katherine M.2023-02-272023-02-272019-03-25McCarthy, K. M. (2019). Resident assistant secondary trauma and burnout associated with student nonsuicidal self-injury. Journal of American College Health, 68(7), 673-677. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1590374https://hdl.handle.net/1805/31501Objective: To determine whether or not encountering students struggling with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) put Resident Assistants (RAs) at greater risk of burnout or secondary traumatic stress. Participants: 155 RAs at three Midwest public university campuses between March and April 2016. Methods: RAs participated in an anonymous online survey that collected demographics, information on RAs’ experiences and thoughts related to their work, RAs’ exposure to NSSI struggle of a resident, and measurements of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. Results: RAs who encountered resident NSSI demonstrated significantly higher levels of burnout and secondary traumatic stress than RAs who did not encounter resident NSSI. Conclusion: College student struggle with NSSI can significantly affect the people around them. Residence life administration and college counseling centers should provide training, support, and supervision to RAs in a way that addresses and reduces the RAs’ potential distress.en-USmental healthcommunity healthcollege counselingArticle