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ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2020

The impact of trauma exposure and moral injury on UK military veterans: a qualitative study.

Victoria Williamson, Dominic Murphy, Sharon A M Stevelink, Shannon Allen, Edgar Jones, Neil Greenberg

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Article in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Victoria WilliamsonKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3110-9856
Dominic MurphyKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9596-6603
Sharon A M StevelinkKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7655-7986
Shannon AllenKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Edgar JonesKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Neil GreenbergKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4550-2971
King's College London · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

• How the psychological consequences following morally injurious events compare to those encountered after a traumatic, but not a morally injurious event, remain poorly understood.• Qualitative telephone interviews were anonymously carried out with 30 UK military veterans.• Veterans’ cognitions and responses were found to differ following a morally injurious event compared to a traumatic, but not morally injurious event, which could have negative implications for daily functioning.military veteranMoral injurymorally injurious eventPTSDtraumaUK Armed Forces

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PMID32002137
PMCPMC6968592
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