The Longitudinal Impact Of Moral Injury On Combat Soldiers: A Narrative Inquiry Study

This study explores the confluence of Narrative Inquiry's three commonplaces of temporality, sociality, and place on the experiences of five combat veterans with combat-designated Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) across the lifespan. In particular, the study examines the longitudinal com...

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Main Author: Gosling, David
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2020
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1593092044
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6909&context=etd
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Summary:This study explores the confluence of Narrative Inquiry's three commonplaces of temporality, sociality, and place on the experiences of five combat veterans with combat-designated Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) across the lifespan. In particular, the study examines the longitudinal components of Moral Injury (MI) before, during, and after combat operations. Chapter 4 explores the individual narratives of the participants, Chapter 5 examines common narrative threads between participants, and Chapter 6 is the author's subsequent extrapolations on the subject matter given his own experiences as a combat veteran of the Iraq War.