Complex Moral Injury: Shattered Moral Assumptions

An infographic model of moral injury (MI) is introduced in this conceptual paper that distinguishes the development of a worldview discrepancy-induced genus of MI, called complex moral injury (C-MI), from a standard expression of moral injury (S-MI), clearly delineated as perpetration-focused and a...

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Main Author: Fleming, Wesley H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2022
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 1022-1050
Further subjects:B Experiential acceptance
B PTSD
B Post traumatic growth
B Complex moral injury
B Shattered global assumption theory
B Veterans
B Meaning-making
B Chaplain
B Moral Injury
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