Moral injury appraisals and posttraumatic stress symptoms in trauma-exposed police officers: a latent class analysis.

IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY European Journal of Psychotraumatology Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-21 DOI:10.1080/20008066.2024.2365030
Nora Mooren, Simone M de la Rie, Paul A Boelen
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Background: Police officers encounter various potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and may be compelled to engage in actions that contradict their moral codes. Consequently, they are at risk to develop symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but also moral stress or moral injury (MI). To date, MI in police officers has received limited attention.Objective: The present study sought to identify classes of MI appraisals and PTSD symptoms among police officers exposed to PTEs, while also investigating potential clinical differences between these classes.Method: For this study, 421 trauma-exposed police officers were assessed on demographics and several clinical measurements including MI appraisals (self-directed and other-directed), PTSD severity, and general psychopathology. Latent class and regression analyses were conducted to examine the presence of different classes among trauma-exposed police officers and class differentiation in terms of demographics, general psychopathology, PTSD severity, mistrust, guilt, self-punishment, and feelings of worthlessness.Results: The following five classes were identified: (1) a 'Low MI, high PTSD class' (28%), (2) a 'High MI, low PTSD class' (11%), (3) a 'High MI, high PTSD class' (17%), (4) a 'Low MI, low PTSD class' (16%), and (5) a 'High MI-other, high PTSD class' (27%). There were significant differences between the classes in terms of age, general psychopathology, PTSD severity, mistrust, guilt, and self-punishment but no differences for gender and feelings of worthlessness.Conclusion: In conclusion, we identified five classes, each exhibiting unique patterns of cognitive MI appraisals and PTSD symptoms. This underscores the criticality of measuring and identifying MI in this particular group, as it allows for tailored treatment interventions.

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受创伤警官的道德伤害评价和创伤后应激症状:潜类分析。
背景:警察会遇到各种潜在的创伤事件(PTEs),并可能被迫采取与其道德准则相悖的行动。因此,他们有可能出现创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)症状,也有可能出现道德压力或道德伤害(MI)。迄今为止,人们对警察道德伤害的关注还很有限:本研究旨在确定遭受创伤后应激障碍(PTEs)的警察中的精神创伤评估类别和创伤后应激障碍症状,同时调查这些类别之间的潜在临床差异:本研究对 421 名受到创伤的警察进行了人口统计学和多项临床测量评估,包括 MI 评估(自我导向和他人导向)、创伤后应激障碍严重程度和一般心理病理学。通过潜类分析和回归分析,研究了受创伤警察中是否存在不同的类别,以及在人口统计学、一般心理病理学、创伤后应激障碍严重程度、不信任、内疚、自我惩罚和无价值感等方面的类别区分:结果:确定了以下五个等级:(1)"低 MI、高创伤后应激障碍等级"(28%);(2)"高 MI、低创伤后应激障碍等级"(11%);(3)"高 MI、高创伤后应激障碍等级"(17%);(4)"低 MI、低创伤后应激障碍等级"(16%);以及(5)"高 MI-其他、高创伤后应激障碍等级"(27%)。在年龄、一般精神病理学、创伤后应激障碍严重程度、不信任、内疚感和自我惩罚方面,各等级之间存在明显差异,但在性别和无价值感方面没有差异:总之,我们确定了五个等级,每个等级都表现出独特的认知多元评价模式和创伤后应激障碍症状。这强调了测量和识别创伤后应激障碍这一特殊群体的多元智能的重要性,因为这有助于采取有针对性的治疗干预措施。
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期刊介绍: The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) is a peer-reviewed open access interdisciplinary journal owned by the European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) aims to engage scholars, clinicians and researchers in the vital issues of how to understand, prevent and treat the consequences of stress and trauma, including but not limited to, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive disorders, substance abuse, burnout, and neurobiological or physical consequences, using the latest research or clinical experience in these areas. The journal shares ESTSS’ mission to advance and disseminate scientific knowledge about traumatic stress. Papers may address individual events, repeated or chronic (complex) trauma, large scale disasters, or violence. Being open access, the European Journal of Psychotraumatology is also evidence of ESTSS’ stand on free accessibility of research publications to a wider community via the web. The European Journal of Psychotraumatology seeks to attract contributions from academics and practitioners from diverse professional backgrounds, including, but not restricted to, those in mental health, social sciences, and health and welfare services. Contributions from outside Europe are welcome. The journal welcomes original basic and clinical research articles that consolidate and expand the theoretical and professional basis of the field of traumatic stress; Review articles including meta-analyses; short communications presenting new ideas or early-stage promising research; study protocols that describe proposed or ongoing research; case reports examining a single individual or event in a real‑life context; clinical practice papers sharing experience from the clinic; letters to the Editor debating articles already published in the Journal; inaugural Lectures; conference abstracts and book reviews. Both quantitative and qualitative research is welcome.
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