Emma C Lathan, Ifrah S Sheikh, Alfonsina Guelfo, Khaled C Choucair, Travis Fulton, Jacob Julian, Yara Mekawi, Joseph M Currier, Abigail Powers, Negar Fani
Appraisal of trauma is a critical factor in the development of impairing post-traumatic stress symptoms, such as dissociation. Individuals may appraise trauma as morally injurious (i.e., moral injury exposure [MIE]) and experience subsequent moral distress related to this exposure (i.e., moral injury distress [MID]). To date, however, investigation into the relations between moral injury appraisals and dissociation has been limited, particularly within community populations. This study investigated MIE and MID in relation to six facets of dissociation (disengagement, depersonalization, derealization, memory disturbances, emotional constriction, identity dissociation) in a sample of trauma-exposed community members ( n = 177, 58...
2023: Journal of Trauma & Dissociation