Moral injury and pre-deployment personality factors as contributors to psychiatric symptomatology among combatants: a two-year prospective study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Combatants who are exposed to events that transgress deeply held moral beliefs might face lasting psychopathological outcomes, referred to as Moral Injury (MI). However, knowledge about pre-deployment factors that might moderate the negative consequences of MI is sparse. In this prospective study, we examined pre-enlistment characteristics and pre-deployment personality factors as possible moderators in the link between exposure to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) and psychiatric symptomatology among Israeli active-duty combatants.Methods: A sample of 335 active-duty Israeli combatants participated in a 2.5-year prospective study with three waves of measurements (T1: 12 months before enlistment, T2: Six months following enlistment - pre-deployment, and

SUBMITTER: Levi-Belz Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860427 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature