Moral injury: An integrative review

BJ Griffin, N Purcell, K Burkman, BT Litz… - Journal of traumatic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Individuals who are exposed to traumatic events that violate their moral values may
experience severe distress and functional impairments known as “moral injuries.” Over the …

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 …

Defining and assessing the syndrome of moral injury: Initial findings of the moral injury outcome scale consortium

BT Litz, RA Plouffe, A Nazarov, D Murphy… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) entail acts of commission (eg, cruelty,
proscribed or prescribed violence) or omission (eg, high stakes failure to protect others) and …

Moral injury, mental health and behavioural health outcomes: A systematic review of the literature

NA Hall, AT Everson, MR Billingsley… - Clinical psychology & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite a burgeoning of research on moral injury in the past decade, existing reviews have
not explored the breadth of consequences and the multitude of pathways through which …

Patterns of potential moral injury in post-9/11 combat veterans and COVID-19 healthcare workers

JA Nieuwsma, EC O'Brien, H Xu, MA Smigelsky… - Journal of general …, 2022 - Springer
Background Moral injury has primarily been studied in combat veterans but might also affect
healthcare workers (HCWs) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To compare patterns …

Assessment of moral injury in veterans and active duty military personnel with PTSD: A review

HG Koenig, NA Youssef, M Pearce - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Moral injury (MI) involves distress over having transgressed or violated core
moral boundaries, accompanied by feelings of guilt, shame, self-condemnation, loss of trust …

A commentary on moral injury among health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

LM Borges, SM Barnes, JK Farnsworth… - … , Practice, and Policy, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Although little is known about moral injury in nonmilitary populations, the COVID-19
pandemic has made it clear that moral injury's relevance extends beyond the battlefield …

Moral injury: An overview of conceptual, definitional, assessment, and treatment issues

BT Litz, HE Walker - Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2025 - annualreviews.org
Moral injury (MI) is a potential clinical problem characterized by functionally impairing moral
emotions, beliefs, and behaviors as well as adverse beliefs about personal or collective …

Nursing home staff mental health during the Covid‐19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

C Brady, C Fenton, O Loughran… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Nursing homes for older adults have been disproportionately affected by the
Covid‐19 pandemic with increased mortality of residents and staff distress. Objective To …

Defining and measuring moral injury: Rationale, design, and preliminary findings from the moral injury outcome scale consortium

JD Yeterian, DS Berke, JR Carney… - … of Traumatic Stress, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the current paper, we first describe the rationale for and methodology employed by an
international research consortium, the Moral Injury Outcome Scale (MIOS) Consortium, the …