Effects of Resilience Strength Training on Constructs Associated with Moral Injury among Veterans

Barth, Timothy M.; Lord, Charles G.; Thakkar, Vishal J.; Brock, Rita Nakashima

doi:10.21061/jvs.v6i2.199

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“…Barth, Lord, Thakkar, & Brock ( 2020 ) conducted a 60-hour pilot RST programme, which included 97 male and female veterans between the ages of 24 and 73. In their pilot programme, mindfulness breathing was used to enable calm, empathic listening and to support group members to stay present and engaged during intense emotional sharing.…”

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“…Barth et al ( 2020 ) found that RST significantly improved participants’ post-traumatic growth, perceived meaning in life, propensity to trust, dispositional optimism, positive attitudes towards themselves, personal self-esteem, and sleep quality, while decreasing their dependence on both alcohol and sleep medications. The improvements related to self-perception and participants’ social orientation, in part evidenced by their reaching out to significant others and important people in their lives during the course of the intervention, speak to the appropriateness of the intervention for use with individuals experiencing MI.…”

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Encountering children and child soldiers during military deployments: the impact and implications for moral injury

Denov

2022

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: During a deployment, soldiers must make seemingly impossible decisions, including having to engage with child soldiers. Such moral conflicts may continue to affect service members and veterans in the aftermath of a deployment, sometimes leading to severe moral distress, anguish, and personal crises. Service providers have increasingly argued that as a diagnosis, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) cannot account for these deeply personal and painful moral conflicts. In light of this, the concept of moral injury has been introduced to better capture the profound forms of guilt and shame that may be experienced by service members and veterans. Objective: This paper addresses encounters with children and child soldiers during military deployments, as well as the risk for moral injury during and following these encounters, and their implications. This exploratory paper brings together existing literature on the topic to introduce, illustrate, and offer potential and promising interventions. Results: Given the potential moral conflicts that may ensue, military personnel who encounter child soldiers during a military deployment may be at risk for moral injury during and following these encounters. The introduction of the concept of moral injury provides a way for these largely unnamed personal and painful moral conflicts and violations to be recognized, addressed, and with appropriate care, remedied. Although there is limited research into their effectiveness at treating moral injury, individual and group-based interventions have been identified as potentially beneficial. Conclusion: As encounters with children during deployments are likely to continue, systematic research, training, healing interventions and prevention strategies are vital to support and protect children in conflict settings, as well as to ensure the mental health and well-being of service members and veterans. HIGHLIGHTS Profound moral conflicts may affect service members and veterans in the aftermath of a military deployment, sometimes leading to severe moral distress, anguish, and personal crises. The concept of moral injury has been introduced to better capture the profound forms of guilt and shame that may be experienced by service members and veterans. Encountering children and child soldiers during a military deployment, may present unique challenges, stress, and moral crises leading to potentially moral injurious events. In particular, transgression-based events which result from an individual perpetrating or engaging in acts that contravene his or her deeply held moral beliefs and expectations such as harming children, and betrayal-based events , which results from witnessing or falling victim to the perceived moral transgressions of others, may lead to lasting psychological, biological, spiritual, beha...

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Section: Supporting Service Members and Veterans With Moral Injury: A...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Supporting Service Members and Veterans With Moral Injury: A...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Encountering children and child soldiers during military deployments: the impact and implications for moral injury

Denov

2022

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…More specifically, there is some empirical evidence that social workers and other behavioral health professionals can promote moral repair and help clients cope meaningfully with their moral distress. For example, Barth et al (2020) report on the effectiveness of the Resilience Strength Training intervention, which incorporates a military squad model of group trust and bonding to address moral injury. Nieuwsma, et al (2015) assess the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy to address moral injury.…”

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Moral Injury in Social Work: Responses, Prevention, and Advocacy

Reamer

2021

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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Throughout social work’s history, some practitioners and their employing organizations have caused harm. This article explores the concept of moral injury and its relevance to the social work profession. The author explores essential components of a meaningful response to moral injury in social work that simultaneously acknowledges the impact of moral injury on individual victims and addresses the need for structural reform. The author discusses the nature and causes of moral injury, prevention strategies (including the need for practitioner self-care and organizational and community advocacy), the role of apology, restorative justice, and moral courage.

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Moral injury experienced by emerging adults with child welfare histories in developmental and sociocultural contexts: “I knew the system was broken.”

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Children and Youth Services Review

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Effects of Resilience Strength Training on Constructs Associated with Moral Injury among Veterans

Cited by 6 publications

References 46 publications

Encountering children and child soldiers during military deployments: the impact and implications for moral injury

Encountering children and child soldiers during military deployments: the impact and implications for moral injury

Moral Injury in Social Work: Responses, Prevention, and Advocacy

Moral injury experienced by emerging adults with child welfare histories in developmental and sociocultural contexts: “I knew the system was broken.”

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