Beyond PTSD

A Multi-Case Study Exploring Identity, Moral Injury, and Spiritual Injury

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22158296
AutoresJan Grimell (0000-0002-7327-8519, Uppsala University, autor de correspondencia), Hazel R Atuel (0000-0001-5016-1273, University of Southern California, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen9
Número3
Páginas9-22
Fecha de publicación2023-07-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Veterans Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2470-4768 • E-ISSN: 2470-4768
EditorialVirginia Tech Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.21061/jvs.v9i3.436
OpenAlexW4385434069
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas35

This multi-case study explored Swedish military veterans’ experiences related to posttraumatic stress disorder, moral injury, and spiritual injury. Specifically, the present study focused on 4 domains (health care, veteran’s administration, moral conflicts and injuries, and identities and existential dimensions) that emerged in participants’ meaning making as they navigated everyday life. While these domains are distinct from each other, results show health care experiences are typically embedded within veteran’s administration, while at times, moral injury and/or spiritual injury appear to be linked to identities and existential dimensions. Questions of identity (e.g., who am I?), morality (e.g., how do I become good?), and spirituality (e.g., does a higher being cause people to suffer?) are not pathological by nature, but can be viewed as fundamental to an individual’s raison d’etre

Aesthetics · Art · Existentialism · Moral injury · Morality · Political science · Spirituality · Law · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology