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ArticleNursing ethics2025

Associations between self-compassion and moral injury among healthcare workers: A cross-sectional study.

Mahée Gilbert-Ouimet, Azita Zahiriharsini, Lok Yue Lam, Manon Truchon

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Article in Nursing ethics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Mahée Gilbert-OuimetHealth Sciences Department, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Campus de Lévis, Lévis, Québec, Canada.
Azita ZahiriharsiniHealth Sciences Department, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Campus de Lévis, Lévis, Québec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8750-5372
Lok Yue LamDepartment of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Manon TruchonSchool of Psychology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundHealthcare workers (HCWs) can face situations that conflict with their moral beliefs, leading to moral injury, an adverse psychological consequence that was more frequent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-compassion is a potential coping mechanism for moral injury by encouraging acceptance of human limitations and suffering.ObjectivesThis study aimed to examine the associations between self-compassion components and moral injury prevalence among HCWs in Quebec, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic.Research designA cross-sectional study design was employed. Participants

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EmpathyHealth PersonnelMoralsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsQuebecSurveys and QuestionnairesCOVID-19 pandemiccross-sectional studyhealthcare workersmental healthmoral injuryself-compassion

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