Psychospiritual Developmental Risk Factors for Moral Injury
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3515919 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy J Usset (0000-0002-8643-2415, University of Minnesota, corresponding author), Erika Gray (0000-0001-6794-0417, Minneapolis VA Health Care System), Brandon J Griffin (0000-0002-9358-6180, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System), John Mcnab Currier (0000-0002-8843-2996, University of South Alabama), Joseph M Currier, Marek S Kopacz (0000-0001-9641-3958, Ochsner Health System), John H Wilhelm (University of Central Florida), J Irene Harris (0000-0001-6548-1966, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 484 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel11100484 |
| OpenAlex | W3088580133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 41 |
There is increasing theoretical, clinical, and empirical support for the hypothesis that psychospiritual development, and more specifically, postconventional religious reasoning, may be related to moral injury. In this study, we assessed the contributions of exposure to potentially morally injurious events, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and psychospiritual development to moral injury symptoms in a sample of military veterans (N = 212). Psychospiritual development was measured as four dimensions, based on Wulff's theory juxtaposing conventional vs. postconventional levels of religious reasoning, with decisions to be an adherent or a disaffiliate of faith. After controlling for exposure to potentially morally injurious events and severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms, veterans who were conventional disaffiliates reported higher scores on the Moral Injury Questionnaire than conventional adherents, postconventional adherents, or postconventional disaffiliates. We conclude that the role of psychospiritual development offers a theoretical approach to moral injury that invites collaboration between social scientists, philosophers, theologians, and medical professionals
Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Faith · Moral development · Moral injury · Moral reasoning · Posttraumatic stress · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Philosophy · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology
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Religious residue
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |