ArticleJournal of religion and health2021
Moral Injury and the Absurd: The suffering of moral paradox.
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- Using Mindfulness to Manage Moral Injury in Veterans: Feasibility and Satisfaction of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical psychology · 2025Trial
- Moral Injury as Tragedy: The Tragic Arc as a Narrative Heuristic for Clinical Practice.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Moral Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in War: The Effect of Marital Status and Previous Genocidal Trauma.International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 2026Article
- Defining Moral Injury: A Natural Scaffold.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Trends and Thematic Clusters in Moral Injury Research: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Turkish Thoracic Society Declaration on Peace and Health the Importance of Breathing in a World Without War.Thoracic research and practice · 2026Article
- The therapeutic role of self-transcendence in moral injury recovery:Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Moral trauma, moral distress, moral injury, and moral injury disorder: definitions and assessments.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Enhancing the Utility of the Moral Injury Experience Wheel: Manualized Applications for Diverse Contexts.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- War trauma impacts in Ukrainian combat and civilian populations: Moral injury and associated mental health symptoms.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- Moral Injury is a Risk Factor for Substance Use and Suicidality Among US Military Veterans with and without Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Light Personality Style and Moral Injury Among Chinese Health Professionals.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Pastoral Narrative Disclosure: The Development and Evaluation of an Australian Chaplaincy Intervention Strategy for Addressing Moral Injury.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Moral Injury Among Ukrainian Civilians During the Ongoing War.Journal of community health · 2023Article
- Mindfulness to Manage Moral Injury: Rationale and development of a live online 7-week group intervention for veterans with moral injury.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Review
- Complex Moral Injury: Shattered Moral Assumptions.Journal of religion and health · 2022Review
- Contextual dimensions of moral injury: An interdisciplinary review.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Review
- Core Components of Moral Injury Groups Co-Facilitated by Mental Health Providers and Chaplains.Spirituality in clinical practice (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Article
- Encountering children and child soldiers during military deployments: the impact and implications for moral injury.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Drawing upon qualitative and construct validity evidence within MI research and the oral histories of combat-exposed Veterans, this paper explores the role of moral paradox (MP) as a precondition of moral injury (MI). Research is recommended to clearly delineate MP as a causative factor leading to more intractable cases of MI in the definitional literature, beyond the recognized impact of perpetration and betrayal-based conditions. Veteran stories collected during the normal course of providing spiritual care to combat-exposed Veterans and used by permission will provide insight into the theoretical concepts and interrelations of MP; proposed here as: circumstances in which moral obligations and/or ethical values come into conflict, forcing a choice between sides, none of which can be honored without violating the other. Acquainted with religious traditions that elucidate the perplexity and liberating effects of paradox, the work of Chaplains will also be recommended to address the problem of MP in wartime situations, highlighting the efficacy of acceptance-based spiritual interventions and therapeutic programs. Psychological and spiritual interventions that facilitate self-transcendence and non-dual awareness through experiential acceptance and a subscale measuring paradox-induced injury will be recommended for future research as well.
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