Moral injury: An increasingly recognized and widespread syndrome

HG Koenig, F Al Zaben - Journal of religion and health, 2021 - Springer
Moral injury (MI), originally discussed in relationship to transgressing moral beliefs and
values during wartime among military personnel, has expanded beyond this context to …

Potential circumstances associated with moral injury and moral distress in healthcare workers and public safety personnel across the globe during COVID-19: a …

Y Xue, J Lopes, K Ritchie, AM D'Alessandro… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Healthcare workers (HCWs) and public safety personnel (PSP) across the globe have
continued to face ethically and morally challenging situations during the COVID-19 …

Family socioeconomic status and exposure to childhood trauma: Racial differences

S Assari - Children, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Minorities' diminished returns (MDRs) refer to weaker effects of socioeconomic
status (SES) indicators such as parental educational attainment and family income in …

Defining moral injury among military populations: A systematic review

NM Richardson, AL Lamson, M Smith… - … of Traumatic Stress, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Military service often requires engaging in activities, witnessing acts, or immediate decision‐
making that may violate the moral codes and personal values to which most individuals …

Mental health symptoms in public safety personnel: examining the effects of adverse childhood experiences and moral injury

SL Roth, K Andrews, A Protopopescu, C Lloyd… - Child Abuse & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) increase risk for negative
mental health outcomes in adulthood; however, the mechanisms through which ACEs exert …

Widening the scope: Defining and treating moral injury in diverse populations

FJJ Ter Heide, M Olff - European journal of psychotraumatology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Moral injury is an emerging concept that captures the psychosocial consequences of
involvement in and exposure to morally transgressive events. In the past decade, research …

Psychometric evaluation of the moral injury events scale in two Canadian armed forces samples

RA Plouffe, B Easterbrook, A Liu, MC McKinnon… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Moral injury (MI) is defined as the profound psychological distress experienced in response
to perpetrating, failing to prevent, or witnessing acts that transgress personal moral …

Healthcare workers and COVID-19-related moral injury: an interpersonally-focused approach informed by PTSD

AM D'Alessandro, K Ritchie, RE McCabe… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a still-unfolding series of novel, potentially
traumatic moral and ethical challenges that place many healthcare workers at risk of …

The independent and combined impact of moral injury and moral distress on post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 …

AM D'Alessandro-Lowe, H Patel… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) across the globe have reported
symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moral …

Examining the associations among moral injury, difficulties with emotion regulation, and symptoms of PTSD, depression, anxiety, and stress among Canadian military …

A Protopopescu, JE Boyd… - Journal of military …, 2021 - jmvfh.utpjournals.press
LAY SUMMARY Moral injury (MI) refers to the distress experienced when people do, or do
not, do something that goes against their morals or values. It can also occur when people …