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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022

Risk Factors for Moral Injury Among Canadian Armed Forces Personnel.

Bethany Easterbrook, Rachel A Plouffe, Stephanie A Houle, Aihua Liu, Margaret C McKinnon, Andrea R Ashbaugh, Natalie Mota, Tracie O Afifi, Murray W Enns, J Don Richardson and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Bethany EasterbrookMacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre, London, ON, Canada.
Rachel A PlouffeMacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre, London, ON, Canada.
Stephanie A HouleSchool of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Aihua LiuDouglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Margaret C McKinnonHomewood Research Institute, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Andrea R AshbaughSchool of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Natalie MotaDepartment of Clinical Health Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Tracie O AfifiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Murray W EnnsDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
J Don RichardsonMacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre, London, ON, Canada.
Anthony NazarovMacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre, London, ON, Canada.
McMaster University · CAUniversity of Manitoba · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CAWestern University · CADeer Lodge Centre · CADouglas Mental Health University Institute · CAHomewood Research Institute · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: The traumatic nature of high-risk military deployment events, such as combat, is well-recognized. However, whether other service-related events and demographic factors increase the risk of moral injury (MI), which is defined by consequences of highly stressful and morally-laden experiences, is poorly understood. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine determinants of MI in Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel. Methods: Data were obtained from the 2018 Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans Mental Health Follow-up Survey (CAFVMHS; unweighted Results: When all variables were considered among the deployed personnel, rank, experiencing military related sexual trauma, child maltreatment (i.e., physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect), and stressful deployment experiences were significant predictors of increased MI total scores (β = 0.001 to β = 0.51, Conclusion: Exposure to stressful deployment experiences, particularly those involving moral-ethical challenges, sexual trauma, and childhood maltreatment were found to increase levels of MI in CAF personnel. These findings suggest several avenues of intervention, including education and policies aimed at mitigating sexual misconduct, as well as pre-deployment training to better prepare military personnel to deal effectively with morally injurious experiences.

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child maltreatmentdeploymentmental healthmilitary personnelmoral injurypost-traumaticstress disorder

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PMID35633790
PMCPMC9130953
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