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Moral injury, PTSD, and externalizing behaviors in combat veterans: An investigation of the role of shame
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Moral injury, PTSD, and externalizing behaviors in combat veterans: An investigation of the role of shame
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Van Buren, Brian R., author.
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9780438075825
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1 electronic resource (131 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: B.
Advisors: Kevin B. Meehan.
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Recent contributions to the combat stress literature have identified moral injury as a useful construct to account for observations that warzone experiences entail moral and ethical dilemmas as much as they involve threats to physical safety. While moral injury has been theorized as a way to understand increased risk for post-deployment mental health problems among Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) veterans, specific mechanisms underlying the moral injury syndrome have not been empirically evaluated. As shame has been identified as an emotional component of moral injury, the present study sought to examine its association with morally injurious combat events in increasing risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, and callous aggression in combat veterans. A community sample of OIF/OEF/OND veterans (N=179) completed measures of moral injury, shame-proneness, PTSD symptoms, and externalizing behaviors. After controlling for other warzone stressors, shame mediated the relationships between moral injury and PTSD symptoms as well as moral injury and callous aggression. There was no mediating effect of shame on the relationship between moral injury and substance abuse. A multiple mediation model demonstrated that shame and PTSD symptoms sequentially mediated the relationship between moral injury and callous aggression. These results indicate that combat stressors other than those involving threats to physical safety can increase risk for posttraumatic stress symptoms and that shame may be a salient emotional component in the development of PTSD and externalizing behaviors following these stressors. Implications and future directions for the assessment and treatment of moral injury in combat veterans are discussed.
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School code: 0198
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