Date

5-22-2024

Department

School of Behavioral Sciences

Degree

Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)

Chair

Pamela Moore

Keywords

Moral Injury, PTSD, History, Impact of Killing (IOK), mental health, combat, women service members, women veterans, female combatants, female soldiers, female Marines, female combat air pilots, drone operators, female veterans, guilt, shame, betrayal, spirituality combat environment, deployment, warfighters

Disciplines

Counseling | Educational Psychology

Abstract

A topic of concern and discussion in the mental health community, and maybe a special concern from both governmental and civilian practitioners, is the subject of moral injury. Moral Injury has been widely researched over the last 10 years and is a known and discussed condition that is linked to military personnel and veterans who have experienced events while deployed or operating in adverse conditions such as combat. The following descriptive study focuses on one group from which they have been excluded or overlooked in past studies. This creates a gap in the published literature: female servicewomen and veterans. Both governmental and civilian mental health communities must further the research to close this gap. This descriptive statistical study provides a sample of 45 participants of which 21 have some level of MI and were deployed or operated in a combat environment. The results of the study: compare MI between men and women. The results reveal a possible difference between genders concerning different MIEs and the effect MI has on each gender.

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