When we fail to live up to our own standards: the relationship between self-discrepancy and moral injury.
Kari E JamesBlake M McKimmieFiona MaccallumPublished in: Anxiety, stress, and coping (2024)
This study provides the first empirical evidence of the relationship between self-discrepancy and moral injury. We identified the ought self as a domain of self-discrepancy salient to moral injury, further differentiating moral injury from PTSD.