Navigating moral injury and the search for recognition: Dutch peacekeeper Veterans return to Lebanon

Abstract: Moral injury (MI) not only impacts individuals but also damages relations between individuals and their communities. While conventional interventions focus on individual …

Associations between posttraumatic stress symptoms, moral injury, and parenting among Israeli male Veterans: The mediating role of parental beliefs about children’s anxiety

Abstract: Objective: Posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and moral injury (MI) are possible negative outcomes of combat military service. While PTSS is known to be associated with …

Development and validation of a brief warzone stressor exposure index

Abstract: Existing scales mainly focus on danger-based threats of death and bodily harm to assess exposure to traumatic events in war zone. However, major provocations and …

Lethal autonomous weapon systems and the potential of moral injury

Abstract: In the history of human war, technology has been developed and deployed to increasingly distance combatants from the enemy. In today’s modern warfare, the development …

Gender differences in reported potentially morally injurious events among post-9/11 US combat Veterans, using two measures

Abstract: Objective: Military experiences that violate one’s sense of right and wrong (i.e., potentially morally injurious events [PMIEs]) may result in moral injury, …

Beliefs about confidentiality and attitudes toward disclosure of moral injuries among military personnel

Abstract: Military personnel often face situations that challenge their moral beliefs, which, in some instances, leads to moral injury - profound psychological, social, and …

Associations among combat exposure, adverse childhood experiences, moral injury, and posttraumatic growth in a large cohort of post-9/11 Veterans

Abstract: Objective: Post-9/11 veterans experienced more deployments, combat exposure, and disability than earlier military cohorts. Those in the military are also more likely to …

Exploring the role of moral injury outcomes in intimate relationship functioning among U.S. combat Veterans

Abstract: Objective: Moral injury entails psychological, social, and possible spiritual issues that might interfere with veterans' functioning in romantic or intimate …

Leadership in moral awareness: Initial evidence from U.S. Army soldiers returning from deployment

Abstract: Objective: To determine whether moral awareness leadership moderated the relationship between combat experiences and soldier mental health symptoms following deployment. …

Associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and complex-PTSD, moral injury and perceived social support: A latent class analysis

Abstract: Background: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including childhood abuse and neglect, are consistently linked to poorer mental health and psychosocial outcomes in …

The contribution of exposure to potentially morally injurious events to trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms among discharged Veterans – a five-year study

Abstract: Purpose: Combatants and veterans are at risk of developing post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). The long-term responses to traumatic events are variable and can be …

Moral injury as a precondition for reconciliation: An anthropology of Veterans’ lives and peacemaking

Abstract: In this article, I rely on religious existential philosophy to make sense of the moral restoration expressed by combat veterans who engage in reconciliation with former …