ArticlePsychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy2019
Meaning in life moderates the association between morally injurious experiences and suicide ideation among U.S. combat veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
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- Psychometric properties of the Three-Dimensional Meaning in Life Scale in Chinese undergraduate students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- A Scoping Review of Military Culture, Military Identity, and Mental Health Outcomes in Military Personnel.Military medicine · 2024Article
- 6-Fold path to self-forgiveness: an interdisciplinary model for the treatment of moral injury with intervention strategies for clinicians.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Pastoral Narrative Disclosure: The Development and Evaluation of an Australian Chaplaincy Intervention Strategy for Addressing Moral Injury.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 among Hong Kong young adults in 2021: Associations with meaning in life and suicidal ideation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The effects of grit and resilience on moral competence following simulated combat exposure.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- The National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study: A Narrative Review and Future Directions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Review
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objectiveEffectively responding to suicide risk among veterans involves further developing understanding of reactions to combat experiences, including life-threatening events, traumatic losses, and morally injurious experiences. An important determinant of whether stressors lead to poor mental health outcomes is the perception of meaning. The current study aimed to determine whether global meaning (i.e., general beliefs, goals, and sense of purpose in life) moderates the relationship between morally injurious experiences and suicide ideation among combat veterans.
methodThis analysis examined 564 participants in the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of U.S. military veterans, who reported a history of deployment to a combat zone. Multivariable logistic regressions examined interactions between morally injurious experiences and global meaning as predictors of the likelihood of current suicide ideation.
resultsThere were significant interactions between global meaning and 2 morally injurious experience subtypes-transgressions by others and betrayal experiences. Higher global meaning was associated with significantly lower likelihood of experiencing suicide ideation at higher levels of transgression by others and betrayal experiences.
conclusionsVeterans who report higher levels of morally injurious experiences involving transgressions by others and betrayal experiences in the presence of higher levels of global meaning are significantly less likely to experience suicide ideation. Continued research is needed to determine whether interventions aimed at cultivating global meaning may help mitigate suicide risk in combat veterans with high exposure to certain potentially morally injurious experiences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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