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DOI: 10.13174/pjambp.07.09.2022.04
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MORAL INJURIES, PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE
AND POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH AS A POSSIBLE
CONSEQUENCE OF SOLDIERS’ AND CIVILIANS’
PARTICIPATION IN TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS
Author’s address:
Olaf E. TRUSZCZYŃSKI
InsƟtute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
O. Truszczyński, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Dewajtis 5 Street, 01-815 Warsaw,
Poland, e-mail: olaf1960@wp.pl
Abstract:
Own sources. Source of support:
This paper addresses the psychological consequences associated with experiencing
traumatic events during warfare. The negative aspect of these experiences is discussed,
which should be associated with post-traumatic stress syndrome, but also with the
possibility of “moral injury” that may occur as a result of transgression of ethical and
cultural norms. The positive aspect of traumatic events is also presented, which is con-
nected with the possibility of increased psychological resilience, as well as experience
of “post-traumatic growth” understood as experiencing positive psychological change
as a result of coping with very difcult life circumstances.
traumatic stress, moral injury, psychological resilience, post-traumatic growth Keywords: