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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2018

A Longitudinal Investigation of Moral Injury Appraisals Amongst Treatment-Seeking Refugees.

Angela Nickerson, Joel Hoffman, Matthis Schick, Ulrich Schnyder, Richard A Bryant, Naser Morina

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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  7. The mental health effects of changing from insecure to secure visas for refugees.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2023
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  15. Moral injury appraisals and dissociation: Associations in a sample of trauma-exposed community members.Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
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6 authors.

Angela NickersonSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Joel HoffmanSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Matthis SchickDepartment of Consultation-Liason Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ulrich SchnyderDepartment of Consultation-Liason Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Richard A BryantSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Naser MorinaDepartment of Consultation-Liason Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is currently an unprecedented number of forcibly displaced people worldwide. Understanding psychological mechanisms that contribute to the mental health of refugees and asylum-seekers is important for informing the development of effective interventions for these populations. Moral injury appraisals represent an important potential cognitive mechanism that may contribute to psychological symptoms following exposure to persecution, war, and displacement. In the current study, we investigated the longitudinal association between moral injury appraisals related to one's own perceived transgressions (moral injury-self), others' perceived transgressions (moral injury-other), and PTSD and depression symptoms. Participants in this study were 134 refugees receiving treatment at two outpatient clinics in Switzerland who completed survey measures investigating these concepts. Of these, 71 were followed up 2 to 4 years later. Path analyses revealed that greater depression symptoms were associated with subsequent increases in moral injury-self appraisals (β = 0.25, SE = 0.08, 95% CI [0.11, 0.43],

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depressionmoral injuryposttraumatic stress disorderrefugeestrauma

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