Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Moral Injury Questionnaire-Military Version

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-63

  Currier, Joseph M ^a,b   Holland, Jason M ^c   Drescher, Kent ^d   Foy, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Military Veterans; Moral injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84921542631     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1866     Document Type: Article

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