Measuring Moral Injury: Psychometric Properties of the Moral Injury Events Scale in Two Military Samples

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Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 557-570

  Bryan, Craig J ^a,b   Bryan, AnnaBelle O ^a,b   Anestis, Michael D ^c   Anestis, Joye C ^c   Green, Bradley A ^c   Etienne, Neysa ^d   Morrow, Chad E ^e   Ray Sannerud, Bobbie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b National Center for Veterans Studies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d Maxwell Gunter AFB   (United States)

^e Hurlburt Field   (United States)

Author keywords

factor analysis; military; moral injury; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; MORALS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84984858041     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191115590855     Document Type: Article

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